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Big
voices: International music event draws 'bravos'
UW-Green
Bay was a vocal-music capital last week when it served as the only U.S.
qualifying site for the Montreal International Czech and Slovak Music
Competition. Competitors and judges from around the world mingled with
local music lovers over the course of the two-day event.
UW-Green Bay Prof. Sarah Meredith, a coordinator, says goals of the competition
are to promote interest in the music of Czech and Slovak composers, many
of whom are little known in the West, and to promote musical exchanges
between North America and the Czech Republic and Slovakia..
Celebration!
 Ground
was broken Tuesday for the $32.5M renovation and expansion of the Phoenix
Sports Center. Honored guests included the lead private donors, Green
Bay’s Kress family. Pending Board of Regents approval, the new facility
will bear their name. About 300 people turned out for the campus and community
celebration. Students will contribute about half the project’s cost
through student fees; the state and local donors account for the rest.
Researcher shares stories of South Africa
Robin Palmer of South Africa’s Rhodes University is in Green Bay
this month sharing his experience on environmental issues with classroom,
workshop and community audiences. In South Africa, Palmer had led a research
project notable for its recognition that native people are part of the
landscape every bit as much as wildlife. He and his colleagues advocated
returning management of a coastal nature reserve to nearby communities
whose residents had been excluded during the period of apartheid. Palmer’s
Green Bay visit is sponsored by the joint St. Norbert College/UW-Green
Bay International Visiting Scholars Program, founded in 2003 with the
goal of pooling efforts to host scholars for the benefit of both institutions.
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 I
always tell students (trainees) that in time of disaster the Red Cross
is in a state of 'organized chaos.' Be flexible, be patient, and be courteous.
My philosophy on disaster relief is 'Whatever, Wherever, Whenever.' I'm
going to do the job that is needed, no matter where it is, and when I'm
needed.
Peter Kretche, computing network specialist for UW-Green
Bay, also an award-winning Red Cross volunteer, on being granted leave
for New Orleans shelter duty
Visiting
Jordanian tells students: 'Middle East is transforming'
"A
project of mutual learning.” That’s how Dr. Ibtesam al-Atiyat,
a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence who is teaching in social change and
development and women’s studies for 2005-06, describes her visit
to UW-Green Bay midway through her first semester.
American students ask many questions about life in
the Middle East and about her life in particular, says Dr. al-Atiyat.
“Many people tell me I present a challenge to their image of a woman
in the Middle East. They were expecting a conservative image,” she
explains. She says she tells them, “This is what the life of a woman
in the Middle East looks like.”
Dr. al-Atiyat cautions against making generalizations.
“The Middle East is transforming,” she says. “You have
to be careful about making judgments about people living in it.”
In turn, Dr. al-Atiyat will carry a message to students
when she goes home. She is studying the American women’s movement,
particularly their struggle to gain the right to vote. “My students
in Jordan need to know that to build a country as strong as the U.S.,
people have struggled and sacrificed in order to achieve it,” she
says.
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