“I'm proud to be part of history... Thirty years ago - in my lifetime - women could be moms, teachers, secretaries or nurses. That was about it. Now there are enough women scientists and engineers that we can field an entire team of women to operate the Mars Rover.” Dr. Aileen Yingst, planetary geologist and director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium based at UW-Green Bay. In late February, Yingst operated a remote-controlled camera as part of NASA's first all-female team commanding the Mars' Rover 'Spirit' on that day's mission.
				UW-Green Bay honors a coaching legend Dick Bennett Gym at the new Kress Events Center on campus is the first facility named for the longtime basketball coach, who put UW-Green Bay on the Division I map with five NCAA and NIT tournament bids in 10 seasons. Bennett’s 40-year career also included time as a Wisconsin high school coach, as architect of UW-Stevens Point’s NAIA tournament teams, as a Final Four coach at UW-Madison, and as rebuilder of the Washington State Cougars program now headed by his son, Tony. Dick Bennett was honored Feb. 7 at the men’s basketball game at the Resch Center. Friends, fans and former players contributed to make the naming rights gift in his honor.
Child's play: Research brings toddlers to campus Prof. Jennifer Zapf is opening the doors on the University’s new Language Learning Lab and the first in-depth local study of how children learn to talk. Zapf is inviting parents and their children ages 18 months through 3 years to assist. Participation is easy, with only a single 30- to 45-minute session in which the parent will gently guide his or her child through a few simple play exercises, with Zapf and/or one of her five student research assistants looking on. The toddlers get a book or toy as a parting gift; the parents get the satisfaction of contributing to research on human development. To learn more, contact Zapf at MAC Hall C310; e-mail zapfj@uwgb.edu, Parents can sign up online at the project website, www.uwgb.edu/learnlab.
UW-Green Bay partners with NWTC, UW-Stout to deliver engineering education close to home Students from Northeast Wisconsin will be able to earn a manufacturing engineering degree locally under an agreement signed last week by NWTC President Jeffrey Rafn, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard and UW-Stout Chancellor Charles Sorensen. Under the program, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College students would take advanced mathematics and physics classes at UW-Green Bay during their first two years before transferring to the state’s only manufacturing engineering program, offered by Stout. The third and fourth years of the program will be taught by Stout faculty located in Green Bay. Manufacturing engineering prepares students to be involved with the production process from product design and automated systems through post-sale service.
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