Creative Arts

The Creative Arts Division provides diverse opportunities for personal enrichment and professional expression. With programs focusing on musical, visual and written forms of expression, coursework in this division can be used for both graduate study preparation and an adjunct to a pre-professional sequence.

Karl Elder

Karl Elder

Mr. Karl Elder, Fessler Professor of Creative Writing and Poet in Residence, came to Lakeland in 1979. Elder's work has earned numerous regional and national awards, and he coordinates...
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Jeff Elzinga

Jeff Elzinga

Mr. Jeff Elzinga, General Studies Division Chair and Professor of Writing, began at Lakeland in 1980. He also directs Lakeland's Malawi Teacher Education Program. A fiction writer, Elzinga is...
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Janet L. Herrick

Janet L. Herrick

Janet L. Herrick, Professor of Music and Director of the College Choirs and Handbells at Lakeland College, is a graduate of Pennsylvania's Mansfield University (B.S. Music Education/Trumpet) and...
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Arthur T. Johnson

Arthur T. Johnson

Arthur T. Johnson, D.M.A. is Associate Professor of Music at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he heads the piano performance and pedagogy major, teaching applied piano, piano...
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Charles Krebs

Charles Krebs

Mr. Charlie Krebs, Assistant Professor of Theatre and Speech, joined the faculty in 2007. He teaches courses in acting, public speaking, interpersonal communication, and set construction and...
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Nathan Lowe

Nathan Lowe

Mr. Nate Lowe, Assistant Professor of Writing, holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Idaho. He joined the faculty in 2007. Lowe is currently working on a collection of essays...
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Russell Pettitt

Russell Pettitt

Russell T. Pettitt was named Director of Bands at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in 2009. At Lakeland, Mr. Pettitt conducts the Concert Band, directs Muskie pep bands, and teaches...
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Denise Presnell-Weidner

Denise Presnell-Weidner

Ms. Denise Presnell-Weidner, Associate Professor of Art, joined the faculty in 1989. She is especially passionate about pastel and oil painting. Presnell-Weidner's work in this medium has been...
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Martha Schott

Martha Schott

Ms. Martha Schott, Instructor of Writing and Director of Student Publications, joined the faculty in 1993. She oversees the college's award-winning newspaper, The Lakeland Mirror . Schott is...
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Martin Ulrich

Martin Ulrich

Dr. Martin Ulrich, Creative Arts Division Chair and Associate Professor of German and Music, has been teaching for the college since 1983. Ulrich holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
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William Weidner

William Weidner

Mr. William Weidner, Associate Professor of Art, joined the faculty in 1989. He is an award-winning painter whose repertoire includes work with drawing and design. Additionally, Weidner composes,...
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The Music major is also available for Secondary/Middle School Certification.