February 2000

Same hat, different city — new Upward Bound Director familiar with program

GREEN BAY - Cassandra Nicholson was impressed that the lives of her high school friends were being changed by Upward Bound, a program that helps students build the skills and self-esteem to succeed at the post-secondary level.

Her impressions were validated as she worked as an intern and a head counselor with the program as an undergraduate at Kansas State University. And she sealed her commitment to the program when she accepted the position as director of the Upward Bound program for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in January.

"Upward Bound is where my heart is," said Nicholson. "I love being able to affect students lives and make a difference as they are just starting into adulthood. These students are the most special people."

Since 1990, Upward Bound has served hundreds of students from Green Bay East and West High schools. The program has now expanded to Green Bay Preble.

The 25-year old program funded by the U.S. Department of Education aims to make college possible for low-income and first-generation college students. Upward Bound serves students of all races and is directed toward students who have the potential, but maybe not the know-how, to get to college.

In her short time in Green Bay, Nicholson likes what she sees. "I believe in the old adage 'if it ain't broken, don't fix it,'" she says. "There is not a lot to be fixed here. I hope to focus on finding ways to provide more resources and broader experiences to our students."

Nicholson, who for the previous six years had worked with the Upward Bound program at Kansas State, is excited about the opportunity to work in a bigger city and with a more diverse population than Manhattan, Kan.

"To work with a higher population of Southeast Asian and Hispanic students is one of the things that attracted me to the position. Learning about other cultures is a plus. No matter their heritage, it is a matter of embracing the students' individualism."

Students in the program are recruited as freshmen and continue through the summer following high school graduation. The Upward Bound structure provides the students with academic assessment and tutoring services, social and cultural experiences, and self-esteem and team-building activities. As high school seniors, counselors help students visit and chose a college or technical school, help them prepare for college testing and counsel them on scholarship and financial aid opportunities.

Participants also receive a $20 monthly stipend for meeting the criteria of a continuing student.

Nicholson joins the program at a time when the number of students she can influence will grow significantly. With the addition of Green Bay Preble, Nicholson and Upward bound staff hope to provide services for an increase of five students in each of the next two years, boosting the number of active participants in the program from 65 to 75 per year.

Nicholson is excited about the challenge.

"I can relate to these students," she says. "I come from the same background - first generation, low-income. But my father raised me to be an empowered person. And I can serve as an example. My education has taken me where I wanted to go.

"These young adults aren't lost. At this age you can still change behaviors and attitudes. I don't ever think that I have worked or will work with a student that can't succeed in this program."

GREEN BAY - Additional events have been announced in celebration of Women's History Month at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Previously announced was a performance scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, by film actress, director and playwright Ann Timmons. Her one-act play Off the Wall, the Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, dramatizes one woman's crusade for women's rights and social justice at the dawn of the 20th century. The event in the University Union's Phoenix Room is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and available in advance at the University Information Center/Main Desk.

Newly announced programs are:

* Discussion Series: Food For Thought, noon to 1 p.m. March 7, 21 and 28 in Alumni Rooms A and B of the University Union. University faculty and staff members lead discussions on contemporary women's issues.

* UW-Green Bay Women Supporting Women Over Time, from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 9 in Niagara B of the University Union. A panel of women who have been active in previous efforts to improve the status of women at UW-Green Bay will lead the discussion.

* Students Exploring Women's History, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 20 in the 1965 Room of the University Union. UW-Green Bay students Stacy Krueger, Andrea Johannes and Karen Janke will discuss their research on diverse topics pertaining to women's history.

* Women's History Month Readers Theatre, from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in Phoenix Room C of the University Union. Women from the campus and community are invited to read their poetry and prose and the work of other women who have influenced their lives.

* The Impact of Her Spirit, from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 27 in Room 220 of Rose Hall. A narrated slide show and guest panel will analyze the transition which faced many homemakers in contemporary history.

The Student Government Association, Good Times Programming, Women's Studies Department and the Office of Student Life are sponsors of the events. For more information call 920-465-2200.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is now accepting registrations for its Summer Discovery Program for pre-k, elementary, and middle school students.

A few of the classes offered for elementary students entering grades 1-5 include: Be a Star, Authors By the Bay, Team Connection, Fairy Tales, Awesome Authors, Come On Over Rover!, Exploring Outer Space, Puppetry, Creations With Clay, and Hands-on Rocketry.

Middle school students can choose from a variety of classes that include What's Shakin' with Shakespeare?, Got Paint?, Glass Through the Ages, Speak Out, What Happens After I Flush?, Beginning Marionettes, and Watercolors.

Children may register for one or two classes per day, either morning or afternoon, or both. Each class will last two hours and 30 minutes each day for 5 days. For morning and afternoon participants, a supervised lunch period is offered at no charge. There are three one-week sessions offered for pre-school, elementary, and middle school students. The dates for the sessions are July 31-August 4, August 7-11 and August 14-18.

Instructors for the courses are chosen for their ability to work creatively with children and provide a nurturing environment for learning and play. They include pre-school, elementary and middle school teachers and professionals from the Green Bay community.

The cost of each class is $58 ($60 for Pre-Discovery). Those who would be unable to attend without assistance are invited to request a Summer Discovery Scholarship Aid form. To request this form or a complete brochure of Summer Discovery classes, call UW-Green Bay Office of Outreach and Extension at 920-465-2775 or 800-892-2118. Information is also available via the website at http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/camps.

GREEN BAY - Seven University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students have been selected for 1999-2000 scholarships in the Natural and Applied Sciences. They are Matthew Blankschien, Marinette; Roy Brodhagen, Bonduel; Elisha Dettman, Marinette; Kate Horkman and Kristen Horkman, both of Green Bay; Steven Price, Wauwautosa; and JoAnn Sutto, Green Bay. Scholarship amounts range from $500 to $1,000.

Blankschien received the Robert E. Lee and Associates Scholarship, designated for students in chemistry or engineering. Blankschien is a chemistry major who is fulfilling a minor in Human Biology. After graduation, he plans to pursue advanced studies and a career in medical research. Blankschien currently is working on an independent research project with a faculty member, helps to prepare the molecular biology lab, and tutors in biology and chemistry. He also received the Science and Mathematics Faculty Fellowship this year. In 1998, he won the Nancy J. Sell Memorial Scholarship.

Brodhagen won the Environmental Technology Scholarship, given by the Federation of Environmental Technologists, for the second successive year. He is a senior completing two majors, Environmental Science and Environmental Policy and Planning. During his studies, Brodhagen has pursued issues such as water quality, wetland quality, and decreasing agricultural cropland through internships, research projects, and volunteer work. After graduation, Brodhagen plans to work in the groundwater quality field and continue as a volunteer with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Brodhagen received the UW-Green Bay Environmental Science scholarship in 1997-98.

Dettman was awarded the Nancy J. Sell Memorial Scholarship, which honors the late professor's interest in applying science disciplines to solving environmental problems. A junior, Dettman is working toward a degree in chemistry with the goal of pursuing medical studies. He is interested in exploring relationships between human disease and environmental problems.

Kate Horkman received the James Casperson Memorial Scholarship, established by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Casperson in memory of their son, an outstanding environmental science student at UW-Green Bay. Horkman is a senior completing degrees in three programs: Environmental Science, biology, and Spanish. She works as an animal keeper at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and is a founding member of a new student organization, Students United for Wildlife Research and Awareness. She plans to pursue advanced studies in wildlife biology or ecology. Horkman previously received the Brad Cook Memorial Scholarship.

Kristin Horkman won the UW-Green Bay Second Year Engineering Scholarship. A sophomore, she is enrolled in the UW-Green Bay-UW-Milwaukee Cooperative Engineering Program. Horkman plans to spend four years at UW-Green Bay studying Environmental Science and taking initial engineering courses; then complete remaining courses in civil engineering with an environmental emphasis at UW-Milwaukee. She'll receive degrees from both institutions.

Price received the Environmental Sciences Scholarship funded through a grant from Shade Allied, Inc. He is a senior completing two majors, Environmental Science and biology. Price expects to pursue advanced studies after he graduates. He has applied his interests in amphibians, reptiles, and conservation biology to various research projects. This semester, Price is undertaking an independent study on the reptiles of northeastern Wisconsin, concentrating on the Cofrin Arboretum at UW-Green Bay. He'll complete the project by preparing the results for distribution via the Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity's Worldwide Web site.

Sutto was selected for the Brad Cook Memorial Scholarship, established by family and friends of the former UW-Green Bay student. She is a senior completing a major in biology and a minor in Environmental Science. Sutto first enrolled in UW-Green Bay's Extended Degree program for non-traditional students ten years after she graduated from high school, and became a student in regular, on-campus classes after "discovering" biology. Sutto is committed to "enticing" people into scientific understanding, especially girls and young women. She plans to pursue advanced studies in science. Sutto previously won a UW-Green Bay Environmental Science Scholarship.

GREEN BAY - A presentation on how law enforcement is changing to address school safety issues is the focus of a breakfast forum on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Presenting will be Appleton Police Chief Richard Meyers, with moderator Sue Todey of the Green Bay Area Public Schools. Meyers will discuss how his department and the schools are working together to create healthy and safe schools. Green Bay Police Chief James Lewis and Brown County Sheriff Tom Hinz will serve as a reaction panel.

The program, the third in the series, "Creating Healthy and Safe School Environments," will run from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in Phoenix Room C of the University Union on campus. The series is organized for educators, parents, concerned citizens and those involved in law or health and human services. The $15 program fee includes breakfast.

The series is organized by the UW-Green Bay Office of Outreach and CESA #7 - the Cooperative Educational Service Agency.

To register contact the Office of Outreach and Extension, UW-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 or call 920-465-2480 or 1-800-892-2118.

GREEN BAY - "Watching Trees Move: Measuring and Modeling the Spatial Dispersion of Tree Species" is the topic of a presentation by scientist Eric Ribbens at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, in Laboratory Sciences Building Room 224 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The event is free and open to the public.

Ribbens, a visiting scientist at Western Illinois University, is a 1986 graduate of UW-Green Bay. His research focuses on how plants get distributed and established and the implications of limitations of those processes on plant populations, particularly for rare plant species.

At UW-Green Bay, Ribbens majored in science and environmental change, and later completed a master's degree in botany at the University of Wyoming, and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. The presentation is one of a series supported by the annual heirloom vegetable plant sale in the University greenhouse.

MADISON -- The University of Wisconsin System's 21st century library made its debut at the Board of Regents meeting this Friday, February 11, when a "virtual ribbon cutting" officially opened the new, systemwide automated library system.

Board of Regents President San Orr and UW System President Katharine C. Lyall were joined by four state legislators at the event.

The automated system allows all students and faculty throughout the UW System's 13 universities and 13 two-year colleges to access the vast cumulative resources available in all the institutions' libraries, regardless of their location.

"Four years ago, we envisioned a 'One System, One Library' catalog for the UW System, an electronic gateway to the more than 20 million books, journals, maps and other documents housed in campus libraries," said Regent President Orr. "Today, I'm pleased to report, that vision is fulfilled."

Students and faculty can use the web based "Voyager" system to view the card catalog, remotely check out books from other campuses and have them delivered to their home campus by delivery trucks that operate between the campuses.

Access to the card catalog is available via the web at anytime, accommodating both on-campus and distance learners. Wisconsin residents who are not students can work with their local campus to check out materials.

Joining Orr and Lyall at the virtual ribbon cutting for the new library system were four legislators who Orr said "helped make this vision a reality." They are
* New Senate Republican Leader Mary Panzer of West Bend who Orr said was "an advocate for the UW Colleges, emphasizing the need to ensure both catalog access and prompt and regular delivery of library materials to campuses such as UW-Washington County."

* Senator Alice Clausing of Menomonie who Orr said made higher education a priority last year in the Senate majority caucus, a show of support for which the Regents are grateful.

* Representative John Gard of Peshtigo, co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, who Orr said "was a champion for the $7.3 million in new state funding for UW System library resources that was enacted as part of the biennial budget."

* Representative Julie Lassa of Plover, a new member of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, whose support Orr said was "greatly appreciated."

Also present was a representative of Governor Tommy Thompson, who Orr said was a strong proponent of the library initiative.

"Calling this a phenomenal success is not an overstatement," said Edward Meachen, UW System associate vice president for learning and information technology.

"Good planning and hard work by the librarians coupled with financial and political support from the State, the Board of Regents, the System and campus leaders enabled this project to be completed on time and on budget," said Meachen.

The local campus libraries come together electronically to form a collective resource of more than 20 million books, journals, government documents, maps, sound recordings, films and other resources.

The Library Automation Task Force began its work in 1996, establishing goals that the system make library resources "accessible, available and affordable," said Kathy Pletcher, associate provost for information services at UW-Green Bay and co-chair of the task force.

The task force worked with the Endeavor Company's product called "Voyager" because it had an easy to use web interface, was highly rated, and had a track record of satisfied customers, said Pletcher.

"The ongoing hardware and software maintenance was less than the current automated system, producing an annual savings systemwide of $700,000," said Pletcher.

The implementation process, which began 13 months ago, included
* Database conversion for bibliographic, patron and fine records
* Mapping data across systems
* Integrating third party software
* Upgrading staff and patron client workstations
* Training staff and end users
* Determining new workflows, and
* Creating governance structures for dealing with consortium issues.

Ed Van Gemert, assistant director at UW-Madison's Memorial Library, coordinated the implementation process, and each campus has a library automation manager who guided the effort on campus, working with catalogers, circulation staff and reference librarians to build local systems.

Pletcher said the Board of Regents, Governor Thompson and the Legislature deserve thanks for approving $7.3 million for UW libraries in the last biennial budget. "This represents the first increase that the UW libraries have received in 10 years," said Pletcher. "We are buying more books, we have acquired new digital resources, and we are implementing five day a week delivery for resource sharing. The greatest library automation system in the world cannot make up for a lack of current library materials," said Pletcher.

GREEN BAY - Three University of Wisconsin-Green Bay juniors have won 1999-2000 Dr. Donel Sullivan Scholarships in Health Sciences and Health Professions.

Recipients Jeffrey Bastasic, Laura Jean Maar, and Anna Jean Kalupa, each plan careers in the medical field. Each also is completing a major in Human Biology with a health science emphasis and a minor in chemistry.

The scholarship fund was created by Dr. Sullivan's sister, Maeve Sullivan, St. Paul, Minn., in honor of his commitment to family medicine and community service in more than 40 years of practice in Green Bay. Dr. Sullivan died in 1989.

GREEN BAY - One room in Beirut, Lebanon serves as a prison cell for an American caught in a hostage situation. The other room in the United States is where his wife symbolically duplicates his life in isolation.

That's the setting for Two Rooms, a play opening Thursday, Feb. 24, in Studio Two at the Weidner Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 24 - 26, and Wednesday through Saturday, March 1 - 4.

Playwright Lee Blessing shifts the focus back and forth between prison and home as he reveals the effects of the situation on the characters.

"I think the play is about the human capacity for survival ...physical survival, but especially emotional and psychological survival," says John Mariano, the faculty member who directs the student cast. "It's about two people who draw on the most profound aspects of their humanity, on their devotion to one another, and on their imaginations, to get through an utterly inhuman situation."

The cast of four actors includes the husband, the wife, a State Department official, and an investigative reporter. Mariano says the intimate setting of Studio Two, which seats a maximum of 100, "makes the powerful play even more powerful."

Stephen Marzolf portrays the husband, a teacher being held captive. Jessica Jelinski is the wife who strips a room in their house bare to approximate the conditions she imagines him in. Both have appeared in many UW-Green Bay theater productions: Jelinski most recently in Mrs. Coney, a Tale at Christmas, and Marzolf in last fall's Jehanne of the Witches.

The other cast members are Nicole Desjarlais as a State Department representative, and Christopher Hibbard as a reporter. At UW-Green Bay, Desjarlais last appeared in Jehanne of the Witches; Hibbard had a major role in Mrs. Coney.

Sets are by faculty designer Jeff Entwistle. Jane Ingraham designed the costumes. She previously designed costumes for Mrs. Coney. Student Neil Roehrborn is the lighting designer, and Andy Ludvik is the sound designer.

Stage manager is Julie Hopkins and Kristin Johnson is the assistant stage manager. Other student technical credits include Lisa Weigt, master electrician, and Caroleah Schutte, props master.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door for adults, and $8 in advance and $10 at the door for non-UW-Green Bay students and seniors. Seats are general admission.

MADISON - University of Wisconsin System President Katharine C. Lyall will respond to the recommendations and findings of a new study on the status of women students, faculty and administrators in the UW System at the Board of Regents meeting, Friday, February 11.

The systemwide study was co-chaired by Associate Vice Chancellor Betsy Draine (UW-Madison) and Provost Vicki Lord Larson (UW-Oshkosh).

"In the UW System, like society at large, we need the brains and the ingenuity of all our faculty and staff, male and female to carry out our mission and to serve students and the state with excellence," Lyall said.

In 1998, Lyall appointed a 26-member committee with representatives from each UW System institution and charged the committee "to review how far we have come and how we might focus our efforts for the next decade to ensure that the UW System uses the talent of women effectively and serves all students well."

The committee recently reported their findings in Equality for Women in the University of Wisconsin System: A Focus for Action in the Year 2000.

The last systemwide assessment of this kind was in 1981 and resulted in the Board of Regents adopting A Blueprint for Achievement of Educational Equity in the '80s.

"Since 1981, the environment and many of the issues affecting women on our campuses have changed, although some have not," Lyall said. "The issues that concern our women faculty and staff today have evolved from 'first order' issues of getting policies and practices in place to 'second order' concerns of campus climate and the thousand small things that make a workplace friendly and supportive."

Over the past 20 years, student life, the academic workplace and the status of women generally have changed at UW System institutions:
* women now make up 55 percent of the student body;

* the total UW System workforce, faculty and staff, is virtually 50/50 percent;

* female faculty have grown from 19 percent to 28 percent of total faculty; and

* women constitute over half of the academic staff, 58 percent of the classified staff and 35 percent of the senior administration at the level of dean and higher.

"We have indeed made strides for women since 1981, but we still have work to do to increase women faculty in some of the sciences and math, to mentor university women for success and career advancement, to ensure affordable childcare and safety on our campuses, and to help all our employees, male and female, better balance their work and their personal lives," Lyall said.

Her proposals to address the committee's recommendations include:
* Increasing the staff commitment in UWSA to collect systemwide and national data on the status of women in higher education and to continue to identify "best practices" that will maximize the contributions of women, faculty, staff and students to the educational mission.

* Continuing the Academic Leadership Institute to help women and men throughout UW System institutions develop the skills needed to move successfully into administrative positions.

* Continuing fundraising efforts to support Plan 2008 pre-college opportunities and financial aid and ensure that these programs provide needed opportunities for K-12 girls and young women applying to UW System institutions.

* Asking each institution to address the key areas for progress identified by the Committee on the Status of Women and report by January 2001 its plans to meet these challenges.

The committee's report can be found on the Internet at www.uwsa.edu/univ_rel/wn.htm.

GREEN BAY - Thirty upper-level accounting students from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will be providing free income tax assistance through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

VITA is a free service targeted at low-income, elderly, or disabled people who desire help preparing their income tax forms. The UW-Green Bay students who donate their time to VITA complete training sessions conducted by the IRS and the State Department of Revenue.

The free, walk-in service is available at several city locations Feb. 7 through April 15. Places and times for the VITA service are as follows:

* The Salvation Army Center, 626 Union Court, noon-2 p.m. Mondays and 5-7 p.m. Wednesdays

* Fort Howard Family Resource Center, 520 Dousman St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays, and noon-2 p.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays

* Nicolet Family Resource Center, 1309 Elm St., 4 -6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays

* UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library, first floor alcove, noon-2 p.m. Wednesdays There will be no VITA service March 13-18, the week of UW-Green Bay's spring break.

VITA volunteers can help with state and federal forms, Homestead Earned Income Credit, Child Care Credits and many others. Individuals who file federal form 1040A or 1040EZ may bring copies of their income statements and other tax-related material to any of the sites and have their returns prepared on the spot. A copy of last year's return is helpful. Answers to frequently asked questions and guidance to other tax information services will be available.

Call 920-465-2051 for more information.

GREEN BAY - Matthew Blankschien is the recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Mathematics and Science Faculty Fellowship. He is a senior completing a major in chemistry and a minor in Human Biology.

Blankschien plans to pursue advanced studies in molecular biology. In 1998, he won the University's Nancy A. Sell Memorial Scholarship for excellence in science. The Mathematics and Science Fellowship is funded by UW-Green Bay faculty members in Human Biology, Mathematics, and Natural and Applied Sciences.

GREEN BAY - Enhancing the leadership skills of students involved in minority and small student organizations is the focus of a statewide conference to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Thursday through Saturday, March 2 to 4.

The objective of Goals + Action + Power = Success (GAP) is to help students acquire the knowledge and skills which will help them become strong and positive organizational leaders. Planned keynote speakers are Eric Higgs, plant manager for Procter & Gamble, Green Bay, and Michael Franklin, director of Multicultural Issues, United Council of UW Students.

GAP attendees can listen to keynote speakers, participate in leadership skill-building workshops, serve on student discussion panels and enjoy special events such as dances and theatrical performances. Workshop topics include women in leadership roles, time management, group dynamics, the power of symbols, and financial management, among others.

Sponsor of the event is the UW-Green Bay Black Student Union.

Contact Joanelle Jackson or the American Intercultural Center at 920-465-2720 for more information.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band will feature American composers and American themes in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, in the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Director of Bands Kevin Collins directs the Wind Ensemble and Assistant Director of Bands Scott Wright directs the Symphonic Band.

The 35-member Wind Ensemble will perform American composer Roger Cichy's tribute to composers Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and George Gershwin, "Divertimento," which incorporates recognizable elements of their styles. The program includes two selections by Charles Ives, "Variations on 'America'," and the second movement, transcribed for band, of his Concord Sonata, "The Alcotts." The latter is based on Ives's impressions of the house in which philosopher and teacher Bronson Alcott lived with his family. The author Louisa May Alcott was a daughter. The Ensemble also will perform Aaron Copland's "Variations on a Shaker Melody," from his larger work, Appalachian Spring.

The Symphonic Band's program is a tribute to 20th century Americana. The group will perform music made familiar to American audiences in World War II era epic Navy films, Richard Rodgers' Victory at Sea. Their program includes a John Philip Sousa favorite, "Fairest of the Fair," and a new arrangement by Frank Ticheli of the American folk song, "Shenandoah."

Trombonists from the Symphonic Band and the Wind Ensemble will join together for a trombone feature, "Lassus Trombone," by Henry Fillmore.

General admission tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. The number for tickets is (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

GREEN BAY - Four Green Bay artists are among 37 from around the country in "Behind the Walls," an exhibit opening with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24, in the Lawton Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Local artists and their media are Dennis R. Grignon, sculpture; Larry Lamalfa, photography; Jack Moga, pastels; and Marilyn Stasiak, acrylic paintings. All are on the staff of the Neville Public Museum.

The "Behind the Walls" theme of the exhibit refers to individuals who work behind the scenes in art galleries and museums, many of whom are artists in their own right. Each of the 37 artists represented in the exhibit works in a museum or gallery and their jobs range from chief curator to security guard. The show was curated by Ward Doubet, director of the Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, Tenn.

Other Wisconsin artists in the exhibit are Joyce J. Gust, Paine Art Center and Gardens, and Jeff Lipschutz, Allen Priebe Art Gallery, both of Oshkosh; Ann Waisbrot, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield; Mary E. Maier, Milwaukee Public Museum, and Valerie J. Christell, Alverno College, both of Milwaukee; Doug Fath, Madison Art Center, Madison; and Sandra Lee Brown, Monroe Arts Center, Monroe.

The exhibit continues through April 1. Lawton Gallery will be closed for spring break from March 11 through 20. The Lawton Gallery is located in Theatre Hall directly east of the Weidner Center. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Other artists in the exhibit are:

Mark Daughhetee, Alaska State Museum, Juneau; Julie Sasse, University of Arizona, Tucson; Brenda Fisk, Arkansas State University Museum, State University; Heidi Hardin, Bayview Opera House, Inc., San Francisco; Carrie Lederer, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, Calif.; Dasa Bausova, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colo.; Karen Valdes, OWCC Galleries, Niceville, Fla. and

Katherine Love, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; Rebecca Keller, William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, Ill.; Pete Goldust, School of the Art Institute, Chicago; Bill Gross, The Art Institute, Chicago; David Edward Harmon, Bethel College, Mishawaka, Ind.; Andrea Ondish, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Ind.; Janet Heinicke, Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa; Mary Jean Reusch, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Rockford, Mich.; Jacqueline Ruttinger, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, and

Jill Ewald, Steensland Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.; Marie A. Roberts, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, N. J.; Nicholas Battis, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Brian Paulsen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Anthony Valentino Roginson, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio; Yikwon Peter Kim and John Mulvaney, both University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Brant Schuller, Millersville University, Millersville, Penn.; Mana Hewitt, University of South Carolina, Columbia; Rebecca Meloy, Meloy and Company Gallery, Bellingham, Wash.

GREEN BAY - Ann Timmons, film actress, director and playwright, will perform Off the Wall, the Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wednesday, March 8.

Timmons will be sharing her performance at UW-Green Bay's Women's History Month Recognition Luncheon, which begins at noon in the Phoenix Room of the University Union. The schedule of events includes a pasta luncheon at noon, followed by recognition of the University's "Woman of the Year," selected among UW-Green Bay's faculty and staff members. Timmons' performance will begin at 1 p.m.

Off the Wall, a solo performance theatre piece, is the story of one woman's struggle to change the world. The dramatic one-act play portrays Gilman crusading daringly for women's rights and social justice at the dawn of the 20th century.

Timmons is a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Illinois and trained at London's prestigious Central School of Speech and Drama. She has a number of Off Broadway credits and has appeared on television's Saturday Night Live, Another World and in the movie Wall Street.

The event is free and open to the public but tickets, available in advance at the University Information Center/Main Desk, are required.

Also planned in conjunction with Women's History Month is the Women's History Month Readers Theatre, from 4 to 6 p.m. March 23, in Phoenix Room C of the University Union. Women from the campus and community are invited to read their poetry and prose and the work of other women who have influenced their lives. This event is also free and open to the public.

The Student Government Association, Good Times Programming, Women's Studies Department and the Office of Student Life are sponsors of the events. For more information call 920-465-2200.

GREEN BAY - The Brain: A Work in Progress, a continuing series of one-day workshops exploring new brain research and its implications for practice, resumes with a session from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, at the University Union on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus.

"What Can Brain Research Tell Us About Teaching and Learning?" is the title of the workshop. It is directed but not limited to preschool to grade 12 teachers, curriculum directors, family living educators, school social workers, occupational therapists, child care workers and parents.

Registration remains open for the workshop, which is presented by the UW-Green Bay's Office of Outreach and Extension.

Workshop leaders are Ron Brandt and Robert Sylwester. Brandt is an education writer and consultant and was formerly the editor of Educational Leadership and other publications of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He is a commentator on school improvement and reform, and is especially interested in the use of brain research to improve student learning. Sylwester is an emeritus professor of education at the University of Oregon. He focuses on the educational implications of new developments in science and technology and is nationally known for his conference presentations on educationally significant developments in brain/stress theory and research.

Topics slated for presentation include "Controversies in Brain Research," "Newest Developments in Brain Research and their Implications for Classroom Practice," "Teaching and Learning - Twenty Questions Brain Research Helps Answer," and "Biological Roots of Classroom Cooperation/Competition/Aggression."

The program is the final of four workshops organized around the theme, The Brain: A Work in Progress. Nearly 400 registrants have participated in some of the other sessions. Each program is a stand-alone session with no prerequisites; it is not necessary to have attended previous workshops to enroll in the March 15 program. Continuing education credit is available.

The $90 workshop fee includes handouts, refreshment breaks, lunch and parking. Registrants can save $5 by registering before March 1. Department of Public Instruction clock hours and continuing education units will be available. For registration information, call Outreach and Extension at 920-465-2164 or 1-800-892-2118.

GREEN BAY - A shift in the human services field from a focus on activities to a focus on results has prompted a two-hour introductory training session in outcomes measurement for human service agency board members and staff.

"Outcomes Express" is offered from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at the University Union on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. The objective of the session is for participants to improve their program's performance; communicate outcomes to staff, volunteers, contributors and the public; identify effective program strategies; and be accountable to program sponsors.

Key topics include the definition of outcomes and how they differ from existing data, the identification of appropriate outcomes for programs measurement, an overview of data collection methods, and challenges involved in measuring outcomes.

Lora H. Warner, president of Planning and Evaluation Associates and an instructor at UW-Green Bay with a doctorate in the field and over 12 years of consulting experience, will lead the workshop.

A $25 fee includes instruction materials, refreshments, parking and CEU certificate of attendance.

To register contact the Office of Outreach and Extension, UW-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 or call 920-465-2102 or 1-800-892-2118.

GREEN BAY - Clarinetist Scott Wright, accompanied by pianist Linda Halloin, will perform in recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event is free and open to the public.

The program features a range of repertoire from classic French composer Francois Devienne's Second Sonata, to contemporary American composer Joan Tower's Fantasy on "Those Harbor Lights." The program includes Sonata op. 120, no. 2 in E-flat Major by Johannes Brahms, Scaramouche by Darius Milhaud, Fantasy and Variations on a Theme of Danzi, op 81, by Ludwig Spohr, and Miklos Rozsa's Sonatina for Clarinet Solo, op. 27.

Wright teaches clarinet and music education classes at UW-Green Bay where he joined the faculty in 1997. He also coordinates clarinet instruction at UW-Green Bay summer music camps for middle and high school musicians, scheduled this year for July 9 through 29.

Wright has performed throughout the United States and recently was a featured soloist at the annual convention of the International Clarinet Association in Ostend, Belgium. In the next few months, he will give a solo recital and master class at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.; tour Florida for a week with the acclaimed Keith Brion New Sousa Band; make a concerto appearance with the Lower Columbia Symphonic Band in Washington state; and perform in a chamber recital at UW-Green Bay.

GREEN BAY - One of the largest on-going ecosystem restoration projects in the Great Lakes basin is the topic of a presentation at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17 in Rose Hall room 250 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Patricia Chow-Fraser, associate professor of biology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., will speak on "Use of Theory and Application in the Restoration of Cootes Paradise Marsh." The event is free and open to the public.

Restoration of the marsh on Lake Ontario has involved more than five years of pre-restoration planning, three years of post-restoration monitoring, and many human-years of scientific research and experimentation, according to Chow-Fraser. The project incorporated extensive public education as well as learning and research opportunities for university students. Among initiatives, Chow-Fraser started a community volunteer planting program and a classroom plant nursery program to involve local citizens and school children in marsh restoration and research.

Her talk will outline the research that produced conceptual models used to evaluate restoration strategies, the field experiments that led to formulating testable predictions, and the long-term monitoring program being used to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedial actions.

Chow-Fraser, whose degrees include a master's in biology and a Ph.D. in zoology, teaches courses in ecology and conducts research on managing and restoring coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Her presentation at UW-Green Bay is part of the on-going Ecology Lecture Series supported by an annual heirloom vegetable plant sale in the University greenhouse.