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Next
up for Lab Sciences: A reunion, of sorts, on Oct. 16
One of UW-Green Bay’s original buildings has been made new again,
a reality that was celebrated in grand style with a ribbon cutting and
re-dedication ceremony last month.
The newly expanded and totally renovated Laboratory
Sciences Building was formally re-opened after a two-year, $15 million
makeover. University officials say the facility — home to the Natural
and Applied Sciences and Human Biology programs — will be a showplace
for science education and an up-to-date training ground for new leaders
in the natural sciences and health professions. The building originally
opened in September 1969 as one of the first three buildings on campus,
along with the Environmental Sciences and Instructional Services buildings.
The “new” Lab Sciences figures to be a centerpiece
attraction when the UW-Green Bay Alumni Association hosts its annual AlumniFest
weekend on Oct. 16. Plans are under way to invite science alums back to
campus for LS tours and a chance to visit with current and former faculty
members.
Founders
Awards for Excellence
 “It
blew me away. A total surprise. I had just come back from the conference
in Colorado and (my supervisor) Mike Barry called me and then he and Vice
Chancellor Tom Maki and the whole office staff came over and presented
me with the plaque. The conference was great, but this was better…just
a great honor.”
– Dennis Nellis honored in absentia at Fall Convocation as
the Founders Award honoree for outstanding classified-staff service. The
internal supply-and-delivery specialist was away at a national meeting,
presenting on UW-Green Bay’s innovative surplus property program
that has generated nearly $250,000 in revenue. Other recipients were David
Dettman, Regan Gurung, Cheryl Grosso, Cristina Ortiz and Jan Thornton.
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Fine-art
chandelier sparkles for Weidner Center visitors
A photograph simply cannot do it justice. Only when the spotlights shine
this week on the new Weidner Center Chandelier by world-renowned studio
glass artist Dale Chihuly will the multi-colored, hand-blown glasswork
be unveiled in all its glory. The official dedication comes the evening
of Sept. 12 as the entertainment season kicks off with Wynton Marsalis
and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. An informal daytime viewing—a
“sneak peak”—is scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. Thursday
(Sept. 9). The piece is a gift from family and friends honoring the late
Josephine Buchanan Lenfestey.
1,001 new freshmen
For only the third time in its history, UW-Green Bay has a new-freshman
class of more than 1,000: to be precise, 1,001. These four pose at the
recent FOCUS back-to-school cookout at the University Union.
Photoblog
The newest addition to the University’s main Web page is a link
to Photoblog, a photo-essay page capturing scenes of everyday life on
the UW-Green Bay campus. This fall’s first posting features scenes
from freshman move-in day. A photoblog is a visuals-intensive variation
of an on-line diary or Web log, also known as a “blog.” Look
for this particular photoblog to appear occasionally at www.uwgb.edu.
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