July 2001

Georgia-Pacific donates window for new UW-Green Bay building

GREEN BAY -- A $30,000 gift from Georgia-Pacific Corp. will provide a decorative window bearing the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix symbol for the new Mary Ann Cofrin Hall. The 120,000 square-foot building will open for classes in September.

"We are delighted to make this contribution to the University," said Georgia-Pacific Senior Vice President George Wurtz. "Georgia-Pacific recognizes the importance of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to our region and we are pleased through this donation to add to the attractiveness of the campus."

Interim Chancellor William Kuepper said the window will become a campus landmark. "We are pleased with the generous contribution of $30,000 by Georgia-Pacific Corp. to fund the Phoenix window," Kuepper said. "The gift will result in installation of an extremely attractive piece of artwork that symbolizes our campus."

The eight-foot by twelve-foot window will be installed in a third-floor-level, free-standing section of wall to the right of the building's main entrance. It will be visible from both north and south. Installation is expected in early September.

The window was designed and created by The Glass Haus, Green Bay. "Obviously we are pleased to be chosen and, more importantly, that someone local was searched out for the project," says Glass Haus owner Tom Pecor.

The Phoenix image will be etched with abrasives into the center five by eight-foot section of the clear glass window. Rope lighting installed in the window framing will broadcast light through the glass to illuminate the image at night. H.J. Martin & Son, Inc. will install the window. Electrical work and supplies are subcontracted to Van den Heuvel Electric Inc., and Dave Zochert & Associates.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia-Pacific Corp. — Green Bay's largest employer — is a leading manufacturer and distributor of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals. With annual sales of approximately $27 billion, the company employs more than 85,000 people at 600 locations in North America and Europe. Its consumer tissue brands include Quilted Northern, Angel Soft, Brawny, Sparkle, Soft 'N Gentle, Mardi Gras, So-Dri, Green Forest and Vanity Fair, as well as the Dixie brand of disposable cups, plates and cutlery. Georgia-Pacific's building products distribution segment is among the nation's leading wholesale suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. Unisource is one of the largest distributors of packaging systems, printing and imaging papers and maintenance supplies in North America.

GREEN BAY -- Open forums are scheduled with each of the candidates for the position of Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. University of Wisconsin System President Katharine C. Lyall announced the names of four finalists today (July 24).

"The purpose of the campus visits is for the candidates to get to know the campus and the individuals with whom they might be working with in the future, as well as to have the campus and local community learn more about each candidate," says Prof. Scott Furlong, chair of the 19-member search and screen committee.

The dates for the forums and the candidates are:

• Friday, July 27: Michael Vinciguerra, provost, State University of New York at Farmingdale;

• Monday, July 30: Karen Halbersleben, vice president for academic affairs/dean of faculty, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa;

• Tuesday, July 31: W. Bruce Shepard, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Eastern Oregon University;

• Thursday, August 2: William Lowe, vice president for academic affairs, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, N.Y.

All of the sessions are set for 9 a.m. in the 1965 Room of University Union on the UW-Green Bay campus.

The search and screen committee comprised of faculty, staff, students, and community members, has been working since March to find a successor for Mark L. Perkins who resigned June 30 to become president of Towson State University in Maryland. A Board of Regents special committee will interview the finalists on August 6 in Madison and the full board will take action after it receives the committee's recommendation. William Kuepper is serving as interim chancellor until a new chancellor arrives on campus.

Contact: Kevin Boatright, (608) 263-2227

MADISON - University of Wisconsin System President Katharine C. Lyall has announced the names of four finalists for the position of chancellor of UW-Green Bay.

The names have been forwarded to the Board of Regents' Special Committee for the UW-Green Bay Chancellor Search, chaired by Regent Patrick Boyle, which will interview the finalists in Madison on Monday, August 6.

Other committee members are Regents Phyllis Krutsch and Frederic Mohs. The full Board of Regents will take final action once it receives a recommendation from the special committee. The vote will most likely occur during a teleconference after August 6, since the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board is not until September 6-7.

The finalists, their administrative titles and current institutions are as follows:

• Karen I. Halbersleben
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, Iowa)

• William J. Lowe
Vice President for Academic Affairs
The College of St. Rose (Albany, New York)

• W. Bruce Shepard
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Eastern Oregon University (La Grande, Oregon)

• Michael J. Vinciguerra
Provost
State University of New York at Farmingdale

A 19-member campus/community search and screen committee, chaired by Scott Furlong, associate professor of public and environmental affairs at UW-Green Bay, has been working since March. It submitted its recommendations to President Lyall and the Regents' Special Committee on July 19 during a meeting at UW-Green Bay.

The person chosen by the Regents will succeed Mark Perkins, who resigned earlier this year to become president of Towson University in Maryland. William Kuepper will serve as interim chancellor at UW-Green Bay until the new chancellor is named and arrives on campus.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has adopted a new policy that will make its World Wide Web pages more accessible to people with vision or hearing impairments or other disabilities.

The new UW-Green Bay Web Accessibility Initiative goes into effect immediately for all new web pages, according to Carol Pollis, interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Developers of web pages already in existence have until August 1, 2002, to bring their pages into compliance with 14 top priority checkpoints.

"UW-Green Bay is committed to providing equal access to its web sites and web-based information for all users," says Kathy Pletcher, associate provost for information services. "This includes persons with disabilities accessing the web through disability software and hardware."

Required checkpoints range from using the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content to providing text equivalents for non-text elements such as maps and symbols, and from ensuring that foreground and background color combinations afford sufficient contrast when viewed by persons with color-deficit vision to making sure that information conveyed with color is also available when viewed without color. There's an additional list of checkpoints that should be satisfied, but are not required.

The policy, approved by the University's Technology Council and Leadership Team, endorses the World Wide Web Consortium guidelines as the standard for web accessibility. The guidelines comply with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The University's Learning Technology Center will assist campus web page developers in meeting the new design requirements. Copies of the policy may be viewed at http://www.uwgb.edu/accesspolicy.htm.

GREEN BAY - Shane Kohl, former district director for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and Julie Curro, a 15-year employee of Schreiber Foods, have joined the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Advancement Office.

As director of donor and alumni relations, Kohl is responsible for establishing and maintaining positive communication with donors and alumni. His work includes cultivating and soliciting philanthropic support and serving as an effective communicator for the University. He will spearhead projects that will help to maintain effective communication with donors and alumni including assistance to the Alumni Association, development of a statewide alumni network and oversight of alumni web sites, and publications.

Kohl is a 1996 UW-Green Bay graduate with a degree in Communication Processes. He served as district director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association for four years.

Curro has been named the director of annual giving with responsibilities for growing the University's comprehensive annual giving program. Her primary responsibilities include the successful development and implementation of the annual alumni phone-a-thon, and service as a liaison and support staff for the Founders Association. She will also work to cultivate relationships and support for the University.

Her varied background at Schreiber includes experience in managing a telephone sales district, developing and delivering corporate training programs, and fundraising in the community. She most recently served as business sales manager.

Curro is a 1980 graduate of St. Norbert College with a personally designed major in human relations.

Funds generated by University Advancement and its donors are used for student scholarships, program and facility improvements and research support.

GREEN BAY - Cheryl Grosso, professor and chair of Communication and the Arts and a member of the Music faculty, has been named Interim Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She succeeds Prof. Michael Murphy, Humanistic Studies and English, who retired June 30. Grosso's term in the interim position runs through June 30, 2002.

Grosso, who joined the UW-Green Bay faculty in 1985, earned her bachelor's degree at UW-Green Bay. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of the Arts and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Iowa.

At UW-Green Bay, Grosso has served as vice chair of Communication and the Arts, chair of the Music program, on many University committees and councils, and on the Faculty Senate.

A percussionist, Grosso directs the University's Hand Drumming and New Music Ensembles, and performs in a variety of venues, including the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra and OĞli-o, a new, innovative percussion ensemble. She is the composer of published music and the author of books on hand drumming techniques.

GREEN BAY - The UW-Green Bay Theater Department and Green Bay's Comedy City have teamed up to present GET DOWN(sized)! an original comedy revue, in the UW-Green Bay Weidner Center Studio Two. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, July 20 and 21 and 27 and 28.

Director Laura Riddle, chair of Theater at UW-Green Bay, says she envisioned a sketch comedy show with no live spoken dialog. The result is 75 minutes of physical comedy set in an office space. "Lots of prop gags and shtick," says Riddle. "It's very much in the spirit of classic clowning where so much can be communicated visually."

The five performers are familiar faces to area audiences. Mike Eserkaln, owner of Green Bay's Comedy City, has appeared in several of Riddle's stage productions at UW-Green Bay, including Lysistrata and As You Like It. Steven Marzolf, a UW-Green Bay senior, has a long list of UW-Green Bay stage credits and most recently appeared in the St. Norbert College Music Theatre production of Godspell. Peggy Eserkaln, co-owner and veteran performer at Comedy City, was seen at St. Norbert College in The Sisterhood, along with cast members Tim Stoltenberg and Natalie Koltz, both St. Norbert College students. The two were recently featured in the college's production of A Shayna Maidel.

The script for GET DOWN(sized)! was developed through improvisation and consists of more than a dozen short, comic pieces. "We had a lot of fun exploring non-verbal communication," says Riddle.

She adds that although there is no dialog, the piece is far from quiet. It includes voice-overs, comic-strip thought bubbles and musical gags. There is some heavily scored musical background composed and performed by Kevin MacLeod. Riddle and MacLeod last collaborated on an updating of Lysistrata at UW-Green Bay.

Tickets are $5 and are available at the door. The number for information and reservations is (920) 339-5234.