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II to be named for UW-Green Bay’s first ‘First Lady’ The first “First Lady” of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Jean Weidner, was an extraordinary advocate of the arts, education, community involvement and the University’s award-winning theatre program. &nbs;; At noon on Sunday, May 15, Studio Two theatre at the Weidner Center, a wonderful venue for UW-Green Bay student productions and community performances, will appropriately be renamed in her honor. The wife of Edward W. Weidner, University’s first chancellor, Jean devoted herself to the campus for three decades. She was particularly supportive of the University visual arts and theatre programs and along with her husband and others helped found UW-Green Bay’s Theatre First Nighters, a philanthropic support organization. Jean Weidner’s interest in the arts extended to the planning, construction and grand opening of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. At the time of her death in early1997, plans were well under way to expand the facility, providing additional opportunities to students with the addition of the theatre space that will soon bear her name. 
Academic Excellence Symposium  More than 100 UW-Green Bay students showed off their best scholarly and creative work at the University’s fourth annual Academic Excellence Symposium April 19. More than150 University Founders Association members and guests engaged in the evening reception. Look for full coverage of the event in the May issue of Inside magazine due in mailboxes soon, or, fo a quick online peak, go to http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/photo.htm. |
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“The
first text that I used in my course on children’s literature was
titled “Only Connect,” words neatly borrowed from E.M. Forster.
It is a phrase that works beautifully to define what has been extraordinarily
joyful about my teaching life. I have learned so much from connections
to other members of the faculty and staff as we worked and taught together,
and my life has been deeply enriched by many connections with students.
Students defined the significance of teaching for me when they were undergraduates.
Later, many of them invited me and my classes to work with them in their
(professional) settings. I have been fortunate, indeed, to have a place
in that ever-expanding circle of connections. It gives me great hope for
our future.”