Dianne P. Francis Assistant to the Faculty Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Duties and Responsibilities Awards & Honors Hobbies Personal Statement

Contact Information

153 ERB 1500 Engineering Dr. Madison, WI 53706

Tel: 608/263-1646 Fax: 608/263-7451 E-mail: dfrancis@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Engineering Physics

Duties and Responsibilities

• Administrative Assistant to the department chair
• Administrative Assistant to the faculty
• Manage Engineers Day Luncheon for department and visit of annual award winner
• Plan, organize, coordinate departmental Industrial Liaison Committee annual visit
• Solicit, compile, organize, edit and produce the EP Annual Report

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• co-founder of Kindred Spirits Animal Network (KSAN)- animal rescue group-alumni

Hobbies

• my family, including 7 dwarves (four legged furry ones): three cats - Mama, Naughty, Shadow; two evil step-sister cats - Itzy & Bitzy; two small dogs - Pippin (Rat Terrier) and Chainsaw (Papillon Mix); dancing; gardening; reading; blues music; movies

Personal Statement

It gives me great pleasure to be associated with the folks in this wonderful, energetic, fast-paced, heart-warming, hard-working department. We strive to be the best on campus and we succeed. Personally, I find each day here to be a new adventure and being that I am, personally, a work in progress, I am given new material to work with on a daily basis!