“Being good stewards of the environment is good business.
This institute will also be about helping businesses develop opportunities
to reduce environmental impacts while at the same time increasing profitability.”
Fritz Erickson, dean of the College of Professional and Graduate Studies, commenting on plans for the UW-Green Bay Institute for Environmental Management and Business. The institute is expected to provide a focal point for public/private partnerships, learning and research across UW-Green Bay’s academic programs with regard to local, regional, and global environmental issues.
 
Founders Awards recognize UW-Green Bay's best
Faculty and staff stars — along with the University’s oldest alumna — enjoyed well-deserved ovations when the 2008 Founders Association Awards for Excellence were presented at the back-to-school convocation. This year’s honorees are pictured at right. From left to right, they are:
— Prof. Andrew Kersten, recognized for outstanding scholarship — A historian with the Social Change and Development academic unit, he is a prolific author and highly regarded researcher on topics including labor history, race relations and the WW II home front.
— Prof. Lucy Arendt, teaching — She wins praise for her ability to connect with Business Administration students and share real-world expertise in management and organizational behavior. She uses group work, role playing, and music or film clips to demonstrate concepts.
— Sandy Bohman, Classified Staff Award — She is a library services assistant with the University’s Cofrin Library. The acquisitions supervisor, she impresses colleagues with an almost uncanny ability to use e-searches to locate rare, out-of-print or highly obscure resources.
— Maria Hinton, Oneida Tribal Elder, and Prof. Cliff Abbott, award for collaborative achievement — Hinton, who graduated from UW-Green Bay in 1979 at age 68, is one of a relative handful of surviving native speakers of Oneida. Abbott is a linguist and professor who teaches courses in communication and First Nations Studies. The two meet weekly to make audio recordings of Hinton’s pronunciations for the first online Oneida dictionary.
— Cyndie Shepard, award for community outreach — The former “first lady” of UW-Green Bay was recognized for her leadership in shaping the Phuture Phoenix Program, praised as a model for inspiring young people to pursue higher education. (Pictured is Stephanie Pabich, associate director for the Phuture Phoenix Program, who accepted the award on behalf of Cyndie Shepard.)
— Mike Barry, institutional development — Retiring this year after 15 years of service with UW-Green Bay as its purchasing director and director of institutional support, he is recognized for implementing more efficient and cost-effective procurement and business systems.
— Paul Pinkston, award for academic support — The campus planner in the Office of Facilities Management and Planning, he was honored for his work as a planner, project manager and liaison on millions of dollars’ worth of major capital projects and ongoing initiatives.
Arendt, Hinton and Pinkston are UW-Green Bay graduates. Honorees are nominated and selected by their colleagues. The Founders Association philanthropic organization began the awards program in 1975.
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New website gets favorable reviews
UW-Green Bay’s institutional website is new, improved and popular with users. The new site retains many of the features that had the “old” rated among the best in its class, as measured by navigability, usefulness and general attractiveness. The updated version features even better usability with streamlined menus and more options for video and interactive content.
Give it a try at www.uwgb.edu. |
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 'Journey to Jordan' sends US teens, UW-Green Bay representatives to Mideast
Since 2006, UW-Green Bay has coordinated “Journey to Jordan,” sending select groups of American teenagers overseas for two months of summer experience in Arabic language and culture.
This year, Journey to Jordan enrolled 25 high school and college students from more than a dozen states. Funding comes via the U.S. State Department, which is encouraging students to explore cultures and languages they otherwise might not consider.
The teens completed intensive Arabic language study, took part in service learning projects, toured the country (and found Jordanians to be welcoming of Americans) and stayed with host families. (Two students pose here with a Jordanian woman, center, and her child.)
Program director Jay Harris and academic dean Fritz Erickson made their own, shorter visit in August. They met with representatives of government ministries, private agencies and the University of Jordan, and discussed ways to continue and expand the partnership.
Harris says UW-Green Bay’s efforts are enjoying a rising profile. For more on the program, search the “featured connections’ link at www.uwgb.edu. |
