Mary Noles is the Accountant II in the Department of French and Italian, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A staff member since 2003, she appreciates the fast-paced, continually evolving environment that the university provides. She is responsible for developing and maintaining financial data and providing fiscal management of grant, state, gift, and foundation supported accounts within the Department of French and Italian, including the financial data for the Center of Interdisciplinary French Studies. As Project Manager and Strategist for the CIFS, Mary oversees the annual applications for special project grants and annual operations funding from the French Embassy, maintaining UW – Madison’s status as one of the 20 French Centers of Excellence in the nation. Mary graduated from the University of Wisconsin – River Falls in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Math and took Master’s coursework in Education at the University of Minnesota.