March 2001

UW-Green Bay to name new classroom facility for Mary Ann Cofrin

GREEN BAY - The name "Mary Ann Cofrin Hall" has been recommended by University of Wisconsin-Green Bay officials for the major new academic building to open on campus this summer.

The UW System Board of Regents will consider the request at its monthly board meeting next Friday (April 6) in Madison.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mark Perkins made the proposal public at a news conference on campus today (Friday, March 30). He said the honor is fitting, given the building's role as the primary UW-Green Bay classroom facility and Mrs. Cofrin's longstanding interest in developing the University and supporting student learning.

"She has been a full partner in one of the most remarkable stories of philanthropy in the 150-year history of the University of Wisconsin and the UW System," Perkins said. "Yet, in very humble fashion, she has largely managed to stay out of the limelight."

Mary Ann Cofrin and her husband, retired physician Dr. David Cofrin, reside in Gainesville, Fla. Their leadership and philanthropy on behalf of UW-Green Bay is evident across campus, ranging from development of the campus arboretum and the support of scholarly activity and special collections in the natural sciences, to construction of the nationally acclaimed Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

Mrs. Cofrin said she is flattered that the University approached her with this gesture of appreciation. Speaking from her home in Florida, she said:

"I am honored and very pleased. I'm happy for the University and the progress they're making with this wonderful new facility, and I am delighted to have my name associated with it... I am very fond of Green Bay and the people there. It is where my husband grew up, and in the early years of our marriage we lived close enough to visit frequently. We have enjoyed our association with UW-Green Bay over the years. I am most appreciative of receiving this honor."

Ground was broken for the 120,000-square-foot, three-level, glass-and-brick structure in November 1999. The $20 million project is scheduled for completion by August, in time for the first day of fall-semester classes on Tuesday, Sept. 4. The facility will house 20 classrooms, a variety of special computer-based instruction spaces and academic program offices. It will also be a "destination point" for the community with public resources including the Richter Natural History Collection, the University Herbarium, and headquarter offices for the new Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity.

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Mary Ann Cofrin, the Cofrin Family

Background

• Mary Ann Cofrin resides in Gainesville, Fla., with her husband, Dr. David A. Cofrin. Now in their mid-70s, the couple is retired.

• Mrs. Cofrin, the former Mary Ann Harn, is a native of Florida and a member of a prominent Gainesville family. She has maintained lifelong ties to Florida where she and her sisters have been especially involved in supporting the arts. She and Dr. Cofrin are the parents of five children: David Jr., Paige, Mary Ann, Edith and Gladys.

• Mrs. Cofrin lists among her current activities genealogy and local history in and around Gainesville and Alachua County, Florida. She is working on a family history from personal letters and other sources; she is active with the Oral History Project of the Matheson Historical Center in Gainesville.

• Mrs. Cofrin's husband, David, is a Green Bay native and graduate of East High School. He is the surviving son of Austin E. and Edith Cofrin; his father founded the firm that would become the Fort Howard Corporation. David left his hometown as a young man to pursue a medical degree and service as a U.S. Air Force chief surgeon. For most of his career he practiced medicine as a physician and surgeon in Gainesville. His father and two brothers had remained in Wisconsin to build their locally based paper products company, the Fort Howard Corp., into a Fortune 500 manufacturer.

• Following the death of David Cofrin's only surviving brother, John, in 1974, David became a member of the Fort Howard board of directors and began to return to Green Bay on a more regular basis. John's children had established ties with the region's new university, and David and Mary Ann Cofrin came to share an interest in UW-Green Bay and its development.

• Mary Ann and Dr. David Cofrin have focused their philanthropic efforts on the arts, education, nature preservation and community development, particularly in communities where they or their children live or have lived.

• Involvement of Mary Ann and Dr. David Cofrin in major initiatives at UW-Green Bay dates back 25 years. They provided financial support for maintenance and further development of the 165-acre Cofrin Arboretum on campus, a project initiated in the late 1970s by the children of John and Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin, giving UW-Green Bay one of the most beautiful campuses in the state and a natural laboratory for many classes. In the mid-1980s, Mary Ann and Dr. David Cofrin, with their children and nieces and nephews, endowed the Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Professorship in Natural Sciences at UW-Green Bay. In 1987 the couple announced a challenge gift (eventually to total more than $5 million) for a public campaign for a 2,000-seat performing arts center on campus. The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts opened in January 1993. The coupled funded construction of a $4.6 million addition to the center, completed in 1998, when phenomenal early success necessitated expansion. The couple provided the lead gift for private enhancements of the new academic building now under construction, with $2 million for capital enhancements and $1 million for program support targeted primarily at special collections and nature education.

• UW-Green Bay honored Dr. Cofrin in December 1990 by renaming its landmark building (the Library-Learning Center) the David A. Cofrin Library.

• In 1991 the International Society of Performing Arts Administrators honored Mary Ann and Dr. David Cofrin with the Angel Award for their philanthropic endeavors in the arts, including leadership in supporting projects in Green Bay, Fish Creek, Gainesville and Atlanta.

• Mary Ann Cofrin and Dr. David A. Cofrin were honored with the UW-Green Bay Chancellor's Award of Merit at May 1993 commencement in recognition of their service to campus and community.

3-30-01 Source: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay archives, news files, UW-Green Bay News Bureau

The New Academic Building

Background

• The $20-million project is funded primarily by the state of Wisconsin.

• Ground was broken in November of 1999.

• The three-level building is built into the hillside; it has a central courtyard which opens at ground level to a path to the campus arboretum.

• Opening is scheduled for late summer 2001; the first classes will be held there when fall semester opens after Labor Day on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

• Mary Ann Cofrin Hall will be the University's largest classroom building, by far. Nearly 40 percent of all classes on campus will meet in this building. In addition to housing 20 classrooms, a variety of special computer-based instruction spaces and academic program offices will be located there.

• Planners expect the facility to be a "destination point" for the community. The building will be home to some of the University's special collections: the Richter Collection, the University Herbarium, the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Breeding Bird Atlas and headquarter offices for the new Cofrin Center for Biodiversity.

• Mary Ann Cofrin Hall is the first new academic building on the UW-Green Bay campus since 1974. (Additions since then have included residence halls, the university union, the sports center, the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, but this is the first new building entirely for academic use.)

• The building completes the symmetry intended in the 1968 campus comprehensive plan which projected academic wings north, south, west and east of the Library Learning Center (now the David A. Cofrin Library). The south wing was completed in 1969, the north in 1973 and the west in 1974.

• The new building is designed to serve two special purposes: to be the "front door" of the academic heart of the University, and the "gateway" to the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum.

• Indoors, the addition will provide students with state-of-the-art classroom experiences, but outdoors, it will also create a "campus green" and "main street circulation area" to foster student and community interaction.

• The building is a demonstration project for energy efficiency. UW-Green Bay is partnering with Wisconsin Public Service. The project has been reported in national trade publications.

• The building is projected to result in one-third less the energy cost of a comparable building designed to meet Wisconsin energy codes. Major energy-saving features include high-efficiency lighting and passive solar collectors. The design provides for daylighting most classrooms, offices and public spaces, allowing electric lights to be turned off for much of the day. Photovoltaic (electricity-generated) panels integrated into roofing materials will serve as a demonstration and research project designed and funded by Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

3-30-01 Source: University of Wisconsin-Green Bay News Bureau

Three students selected as Wingspread Fellows

GREEN BAY -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students Rachel Wielgus, Abigail Wilson and Tanya Zimmermann were selected as Wingspread Fellows for the 2000-2001 academic year. As fellows in the Wingspread program, they participated in conferences of adult leaders on significant contemporary issues.

Wielgus, a native of Boyd, is a senior majoring in social work. She attended a Wingspread conference on "Family Formation, Poverty and Welfare Reform." Wielgus has spent the academic year as an intern in the Social Services Department at Rawhide Boys Ranch. Her junior year field experience was in the adolescent day treatment program at Family Services. She also has worked with youth through a church and with children through the YMCA. Wielgus plans to graduate in May.

Wilson, Green Bay, is completing the teacher certification program at UW-Green Bay and plans to teach high school social studies and work toward a master's degree in history. Her bachelor's degree is from Lawrence University, where she majored in history and minored in French. Wilson attended a Wingspread seminar on "The Future of Civil Society in Light of Technological Change" with political scientist Francis Fukuyama. His 1989 essay, "The End of History," was influential and he is author of a book, The End of History and the Last Man.

Zimmermann, Sheboygan Falls, is a senior seeking a degree in biology and is working toward teacher certification. She hopes to teach biology and ecology at high school level. She attended the Wingspread conference on "Teacher Preparation Standards for Diverse Learners." Zimmermann is president of TriBeta, a biology honor society, and serves as treasurer of the campus chapter of Student Wisconsin Education Association. She is active in Upward Bound at local high schools and is a big sister through Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Sheboygan County.

Students are nominated for the Wingspread Fellows program at the campus level and are selected by representatives of the Johnson Foundation. Wingspread was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as the family residence of H.F. Johnson, who headed the Johnson Wax Company from 1928 to 1966. The building later became the site of conferences. UW-Green Bay is among 13 Midwest institutions participating in the Wingspread Fellowship program which began in 1968.

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Two named 'Women of the Year' at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY -- Staff member Juliet Cole and student Joanelle Jackson were named "Women of the Year" at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as part of Women's History Month observances. The Student Government Association (SGA) sponsors the awards.

The winners were selected by a committee of students, faculty and staff members on the basis of campus-wide nominations, according to SGA women's issues director Lila Thomson. One student and one faculty or staff member is chosen each year.

Jackson, Milwaukee, serves as vice president of Student Government Association. She was instrumental in bringing the statewide student government organization's "Building Unity" conference to the UW-Green Bay campus this year. Jackson is one of two National Association of Student Personnel Association interns at UW-Green Bay.

Cole is assistant to the director of the Institute for Learning Partnership located at UW-Green Bay. Earlier this academic year, Cole was recognized by University of Wisconsin System as an "Outstanding Woman of Color." She was cited for her contributions to the UW-Green Bay campus, the Green Bay community and to women of color.

(01-71 / 28 March 2001 / VCD)

Students schedule recitals

GREEN BAY -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay percussion student Andrew Martin, Green Bay, will present his junior recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 7 in University Theater on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

An applied music major, Martin is a student of Prof. Cheryl Grosso. He will perform works by Bergamo, Tagawa, Tanaka, and Benson. Martin has performed with the UW-Green Bay Wind, Jazz, Percussion, Hand Drumming and New Music ensembles and with a jazz combo.

Martin will share his recital with piano student Sabrina Moore.

GREEN BAY -- Jessica Dembosky, Greendale, will present her junior recital on tenor saxophone at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 8 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. She is a student of Prof. John Salerno.

Dembosky will perform a program of works by Duckworth, Platti, Debussy, SingelŽe and Schmidt. She will be accompanied by Sara Salentine.

Dembosky is a music education major. At UW-Green Bay, she has performed with Saxophone Quartet, Symphonic Band, Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble. She is a member of Music Educators National Conference student chapter.

(01-69,70 / 28 March 2001 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay chancellor search group seeks opinions at open forums

GREEN BAY -- The search and screen committee for a new chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will hold a series of open forums to get input from campus and community members before beginning its search.

Prof. Scott Furlong, chair of the campus search and screen committee, announces these sessions:

Tuesday, April 3:
9:30 to 11 a.m. - UW-Green Bay faculty
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - UW-Green Bay academic staff
12:30 to 2 p.m. - UW-Green Bay students
2 to 3:30 p.m. - UW-Green Bay classified staff

Thursday, April 5:
9:30 to 11 a.m. - Community members
12:30 to 2 p.m. - UW-Green Bay faculty
2 to 3:30 p.m. - Open session for anyone

All of the sessions will be in Phoenix Room A of the University Union.

Furlong chairs the 19-member search committee, made up of UW-Green Bay faculty, academic staff, administrators, students, and community members.

(01-68 / 29 March 2001 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay names former paper-company executive assistant chancellor

GREEN BAY - A senior paper-company executive with longstanding ties to the Green Bay community is the new Assistant Chancellor for University Advancement at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Charles D. Wilson will officially begin his duties April 1. He will lead the institution's fundraising, advocacy, alumni, marketing and communications functions.

"The addition of Chuck Wilson to our leadership team is a major step forward for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay," said Chancellor Mark Perkins. "His knowledge of the community and his previous management experience with a Fortune 500 organization — one of the world's most successful consumer products companies — are going to be great resources for our University."

Wilson held the position of vice president of public affairs for Fort Howard Corporation. During a decade with Fort Howard in Green Bay, he was active with the United Way and other charitable organizations. He was a member of the board of trustees for Union Congregational Church and for the Bellin College of Nursing. He relocated to suburban Chicago and retained the title of vice president of public affairs when merger created the Fort James Corporation in 1997.

"I am absolutely delighted to be able to return to Northeast Wisconsin," Wilson says. "I enjoy the Green Bay community and have a deep appreciation for the role that UW-Green Bay can play.

"Having a top-tier university in Green Bay is important not only for our students, and for those who personally experience our cultural and educational outreach offerings... it is vital to the long-term economic health of this region. A strong UW-Green Bay promotes economic development, job creation and retention, and a better quality of life for everyone."

Wilson's professional background includes expertise in the fields of management, communication, fundraising, government relations and community affairs. He joined Fort Howard in 1987 as director of government affairs, with responsibility for federal, state and local government relations. He was promoted to vice president of public affairs in 1994, accepting additional executive responsibility for communications and community affairs.

Previous to joining Fort Howard, Wilson was based in Washington, D.C., first as chief of staff for Virginia Congressman M. Caldwell Butler, and later as director of legislative affairs for the American Paper Institute and then as director of public affairs for Union Camp Corporation, a paper and wood products manufacturer.

Wilson holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida. He is a graduate of the New York Institute of Finance.

In accepting the position of assistant chancellor for university advancement, Wilson succeeds Beverly Carmichael of Green Bay, who provided leadership on an interim basis while the nationwide search was conducted. The assistant chancellor position is newly created to better coordinate fundraising, advocacy and marketing functions in advancing the institution.

"I believe that UW-Green Bay has a very bright future," Wilson says. "It will be my job, working with others throughout the community, to ensure that the University has the financial and other resources to reach its full potential."

(01-56 / 27 March 2001 / CS)

UW-Green Bay awards 'Featured Faculty' honor

GREEN BAY -- Prof. Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges has been selected for the Featured Faculty award at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The award program, sponsored by the Faculty Development Council, recognizes excellent teaching.

Wilson-Doenges joined the faculties in Urban and Regional Studies and Psychology in 1995. "I think that being a successful teacher means inspiring students to think about things they have not thought about before and to accomplish things that they thought they could not," says Wilson-Doenges.

Her courses include Social Science Statistics, Foundations of Social Research, Environmental Psychology and Introduction to Urban Studies. Her own community activities often result in opportunities for students to learn by doing. Wilson-Doenges was involved in founding, and continues to be active with, The Gathering Point on Green Bay's near west side, among other community activities. Students in the Introduction to Urban Studies course complete service learning projects such as being "reading buddies" to school children, working on the Salvation Army's fall coat drive, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, and other projects.

Wilson-Doenges's academic research examines design and planning attributes that contribute to residents' sense of community and security in suburban neighborhoods.

UW-Green Bay honors two Featured Faculty award recipients each year.

(01-67 / 26 March 2001 / VCD)

Student newspaper among 'Best of Midwest'

GREEN BAY -- The Fourth Estate, the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, has been recognized for overall excellence among four-year colleges in the Best of the Midwest, a competition sponsored annually by the College Press Association (CPA).

At the CPA conference, professionals compared and judged a single issue of college newspapers submitted from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and North Dakota. The February issue submitted by Fourth Estate staff took second place in the tabloid format category. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee came in third.

Fourth Estate Editor Rick LaFrombois, Prof. Victoria Goff, Fourth Estate adviser, and section editors Heather Chrudimski, Life, Jennifer Larsen, Entertainment, and Andy Behrendt, News, attended the conference on March 4 in Minneapolis. LaFrambois, Larsen and Behrendt are from Green Bay and Chrudimski is from Antigo.

The weekly Fourth Estate was founded in 1969.

(01-66 / 26 March 2001 / VCD)

Students will present work at statewide symposium

GREEN BAY -- Twenty-two students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay have been selected to present results of their work at the third annual UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity. The event sponsored by UW System Administration, is on Tuesday, April 24 at UW-Eau Claire.

"Many of the student projects are senior honors projects or projects for distinction in the major," says Prof. Denise L. Scheberle, interim associate dean of liberal arts and sciences. "These are representative of the best students and the best student projects at UW-Green Bay."

Faculty members nominate the student projects for presentation at the statewide symposium. The event gives students an opportunity to share their work with other students across the state.

UW-Green Bay students attending and their projects are:

Amber Agamaite, Luxemburg, and Sarah Wielgus, Green Bay, The Effects of Garlic Mustard and Herbicide Spraying on Leaf Litter Invertebrate Abundances in a Deciduous Forest; Adam Benik, Waupun, Auditor Legal Liability-An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Audit Firm Organizational Form Selection; Michelle Bouche, Marinette, Kelly Egan-Carroll, Cavour, and Justine Koschkee, Green Bay, Stranger Danger: Abduction-Second Grade Students; Jennifer Brown, Saukville, Does Bust Size Really Matter? Sex Differences in Ratings of Attractiveness; Brad Brzozowski, Princeton, Exercise Increases College Satisfaction and Efficiency; Michelle Cullen, Chilton, cAMP IN PLASMOIDIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACELLULAR SLIME MOLD DIDYMIUM IRIDIS.

Joshua Desotelle, Denmark, and Joseph Scheffen, Little Suamico, Testosterone Replacement Restores Pituitary Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Responses to Galanin in Castrated Male Rats; Desotelle, Scheffen and Vicky Plamann, Green Bay, Galanin Enhancement of GnRH-Stimulated Luteinizing Hormone (LH) Secretion in Female Rats is Steroid-Dependent; Stephen Humpal, Hales Corners, Influences on the Hydrology of the Point Au Sable Coastal Wetland of Green Bay; Sarah LaCroix, Manitowoc, Overcoming Barriers to Exercise Using Cost and Time Effective Interventions; Erin Maegdlin, Green Bay, Preliminary Analysis of the Effects of Parental Input on Children's Folkbiology.

Anna Malovannaya, Alchevsk, Ukraine, Polyethylene Glycol Improves Electroporation Efficiency for E. Coli; Diane Przybelski, Maiden Rock, A Question of Honor: A Young Adult Historical Fiction Novella About the U.S. — Dakota Conflict of 1862; Benjamin Reiss, Elkhart Lake, Liminality and Creativity: The Means of Human Expression; Paula Rentmeester, Green Bay, Global Climate Change: Big Challenges for the Two Super Powerhouses — U.S. and China; Nicole Schumacher, Door County, The Packer Tailgating Carnival: Literary Theory in Real Life; Andrea Stiff, Fort Atkinson, Issues of Equity in Science Instruction in Early Childhood Classrooms; Andrew Theile, Green Bay, A Musical Interpretation of Salvador Dali's "Persistence of Memory."

(01-65 / 26 March 2001 / VCD)

Extended Degree program hosts open house

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Extended Degree program hosts an open house and information session on campus Saturday morning, April 7.

The free session takes place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Room 241 of the Laboratory Sciences Building at UW-Green Bay. Visitors are invited to learn more about the program, to meet with advisers and talk with current students about how they balance work, family and education.

Extended Degree is a flexible program designed for returning adult students who cannot attend traditional daytime classes. Courses start each month from September through June. Students may apply to the program and start classes in any month. The program leads to a fully accredited Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from UW-Green Bay, with students able to pursue specialization in a broad array of subjects. Courses are taught by regular UW-Green Bay faculty. Students may pursue coursework independently and on their own schedules, via online learning, by way of audio or video presentations, or through monthly Saturday classes.

For more information, call 1-800-621-2313, or (920) 465-2423 locally.

(01-64 / 26 March 2001 / CS)

Student in UW-Green Bay program is top dietetics intern

GREEN BAY - A student in the post-graduate internship program coordinated by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will be honored as Wisconsin's top dietetics intern at an awards program next month.

Robin Gort will receive the honor at the Wisconsin Dietetic Association awards luncheon April 20 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton.

Gort, from Kiel, Wis., graduated summa cum laude with a degree in nutrition from UW-Stevens Point in December 1999. She is one of six dietetic interns in the UW-Green Bay program , and plans to work at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay as a clinical dietitian upon completion in May of the year-long internship program.

The award is based on demonstrated academic achievement including leadership, professional potential, community service and dietetic association activities at the student level. Gort is one of two award winners this year with UW-Green Bay ties: Alicia Wranik, a senior from Three Lakes, is being honored as the state's top undergraduate student.

(01-63 / 26 March 2001 / CS)

Senior will receive award as state's top dietetics student

GREEN BAY - Alicia Wranik, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will be recognized at a statewide gathering next month as Wisconsin's Outstanding Dietetics Student for 2001.

Wranik will be honored at the Wisconsin Dietetic Association awards luncheon April 20 at Appleton's Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. She will receive a certificate of achievement from the American Dietetic Association for her selection as Wisconsin's outstanding baccalaureate student. The national organization will also recognize her in a future issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Wranik will graduate from UW-Green Bay in May with a bachelor's degree in human biology. Her area of emphasis is nutritional sciences/dietetics. She serves as an officer of the student Dietetics Health and Wellness Club. She was selected to receive a scholarship from the northern chapter of the state dietetics association; she will be honored for that achievement at the April 20 luncheon, as well.

A 1997 graduate of Three Lakes High School, she is the daughter of Tom Wranik of Eagle River and Kay Rodemeier of Sugar Camp.

Wranik says that following graduation, she plans to complete an internship — which is required for eligibility to take the American Dietetic Association's national registration exam — and pursue a career as a registered dietitian.

Wranik is one of two award winners this year with UW-Green Bay ties: Robin Gort, a participant in the University's post-graduate internship program, has been selected the state's top dietetics intern.

(01-62 / 26 March 2001 / CS)

UW-Green Bay Pow-wow is April 14

GREEN BAY - The traditional pow-wow at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is scheduled for Saturday, April 14 in the Phoenix Sports Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. The grand entry is scheduled for 6 p.m.

The 2001 pow-wow marks the ninth successive year that the University's Intertribal Student Council has sponsored the event. About 1,500 attended last year.

Master of Ceremonies Artley Skenandore and Arena Director Edmund Blackthunder are both from Oneida. The male head dancer is Albert King Sr., Oneida, and female head dancer is Tina Hindsley, Ho-Chunk.

The host drum is Milwaukee Bucks. Other drums are Duck Creek Crossing, Smokeytown and Wisconsin Dells. Color guards will be provided by the Menominee Nation Veterans, Oneida Nation Veterans and Stockbridge-Munsee Veterans.

More than 20 vendors from around the state are expected to participate.

For information, call the UW-Green Bay American Intercultural Center at (920) 465-2720.

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Green Bay Film Society features Native American films with local ties

GREEN BAY -- Three films by and about American Indians with special attention to the Oneida are scheduled for the Wednesday, April 4 program of the Green Bay Film Society. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Neville Public Museum. The event is free and open to the public.

Filmmakers Troy Perkins, Milwaukee, and Chris Powless, Green Bay, will be present to introduce and discuss their film, "A Day Out." The short film is about Oneida youth and growing up Native American.

"Bonnie Looksaway's Iron Art Wagon," is by Bruce King, an Oneida filmmaker living and working in New Mexico. His film is about the adventures of a Native woman, herself an artist, on her way to a pow-wow.

The third film is "On and Off the Res With Charlie Hill," by Sandy Osawa. The 60-minute documentary is about Oneida comedian Charlie Hill and was filmed in part on location in Green Bay and on the Oneida reservation. It documents Hill's stand-up routine, but also chronicles his struggles growing up as a Native American in Green Bay. This is an acclaimed film that has been shown on public television and at several film festivals.

A reception to meet filmmakers Perkins and Powless is scheduled after the screenings at Titletown Brewery.

The program is co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay American Indian Studies program, the Oneida Arts Program, the Neville Public Museum, and UW-Green Bay through a grant from the Diversity Council.

(01-60 / 26 March 2001 / VCD)

Art seniors exhibit their work

GREEN BAY -- Four University of Wisconsin-Green Bay seniors in art will show their work in Senior Exhibition I, opening with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 1 in the Lawton Gallery on the UW-Green Bay campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The artists and their media are: Ben LaCount, silver gelatin prints; Jennifer Hunter, metal and aluminum vessels, Jessey Vigue, charcoal and encaustic drawings, and Kevin de Wane, paintings. LaCount is from De Pere and the three others are Green Bay residents.

The exhibit continues through April 13. The exhibit is the first of two senior shows.

Lawton Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery is located in Theater Hall just east of the Weidner Center. The number for information is (920) 465-2271.

(01-59 / 26 March 2001 / VCD)

State Building Commission endorses funds for UW-Green Bay plan

MADISON - The State Building Commission voted today (Wednesday, March 21) to endorse planning funds for a student recreation and events center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The Commission voted to endorse the University's request to use student fees to cover the planning costs during the 2001-03 biennium.

"We are delighted with today's news," says UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mark Perkins. "This vote by the Commission recognizes the importance of our efforts to enhance facilities and secure the future of the campus.

"This project is about meeting the needs of our students. With our growth in enrollment, the demands of Division I athletics, and the need to bring our athletics, recreation and events facilities into the 21st century, it is critical that we begin to make progress now."

Green Bay area community leaders including Robert Bush, Mike Meeuwsen and Lou LeCalsey, among others, indicated their support via correspondence and personal contacts with state officials.

"The facilities are tied directly to the Learning Experience Initiative and the University's efforts to increase graduation and retention rates" says LeCalsey, president and CEO of Tufco Technologies, Inc., and chairman of the Chancellor's Council of Trustees advisory group. "This campus can be a magnet to draw students, retain them, and better serve the state and region."

"The facilities initiative will allow UW-Green Bay to better serve its students, build for the future and complete the campus," says Meeuwsen, president and CEO of First Northern Savings Bank and a longtime advocate for UW-Green Bay. "In the short term, it addresses very real space deficiencies. In the long term, it will make this a much more attractive and vibrant campus."

Bush, the chairman emeritus of Schreiber Foods, Inc., led a 1996 blue-ribbon study committee's review of Phoenix Athletics. The committee's report identified the need for Phoenix Sports Center expansion. "There is no doubt in my mind that we need to do something to address this issue," Bush says. "It would enhance the competitiveness of the men's basketball program, give the women a comparable facility, and really improve the quality of life for students on the campus."

Preliminary plans for the sports and events center call for a fieldhouse with overlapping courts, a 200-meter indoor running track and space to seat 7,000 for University events including commencement, convocations and athletic competition. The cost is estimated at $60 million, with $20 million each from state general-purpose revenue, private gifts, and student fees. The student-fee portion of the funding has already been approved by UW-Green Bay student government.

UW-Green Bay officials say the University's success - growth in enrollment, programs and student demand - has resulted in a facilities pinch related to University Union and Phoenix Sports Center space. They have identified hundreds of athletics- and student-life-related events that would benefit from enhanced facilities. The University is already addressing the need for enhanced academic facilities through construction of a state-of-the-art, $20 million classroom building to open this August, and an $18 million remodeling and expansion of the Laboratory Sciences Building in 2003.

(01-51 / 21 March 2001 / CS)

Jazz artist Kenny Werner brings trio to UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY -- Jazz pianist Kenny Werner returns to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with the Kenny Werner Trio at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Werner was guest artist for the 1999 UW-Green Bay Jazz Fest and performed in September 1999 with the UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble.

Joining Werner in the trio are Johannes Weidenmueller, bass, and Ari Hoenig, drums.

At age 11, Werner recorded a single with an orchestra and appeared on television playing stride piano. By age 30, he made his own solo album of original compositions, "I Beyond the Forest of Mirkwood." In more than a quarter of a century, he has performed, toured, and recorded extensively with many notable musicians. Werner has more than 60 recordings to his credit.

Werner has received four National Endowment for the Arts grants. One supported composition of a piano concerto dedicated to Duke Ellington, whose memory he honored in an earlier commission which resulted in a composition and performance at St. John the Divine Church in New York. Werner was on the jazz faculty for six years at the New School, New York, and continues as an active educator through clinics and workshops. His 1997 book, Effortless Mastery, Liberating the Master Musician Within, has been influential for professional musicians as well as students.

Bassist Weidenmueller teaches at the New School and at various workshops. A native of Germany, he began playing cello at six. He played in the German Youth Philharmonic under the direction of Herbert von Karajan. He studied classical bass at a conservatory in Cologne and moved to New York to study ten years ago. Weidenmueller won the European Jazz Artist Award in 1994 and 1998. Among groups he has performed with is the Carl Allen-Vincent Herring Quartet. Allen attended UW-Green Bay in the 1970s.

Hoenig took up the drums after first playing violin and piano. Since finishing studies at the University of North Texas, he has appeared in concert with numerous groups. He lives in New York where he plays with emerging new artists as well as with recognized "names." Hoenig's first CD of solo drumming, "Time Travels," was released this year.

General admission tickets for the Kenny Werner Trio are $7. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

(01-58 / 19 March 2001 / VCD)

Chamber Music Series features Wisconsin Brass Quintet

GREEN BAY -- The Wisconsin Brass Quintet, ensemble-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The event is the last for the season in the new Chamber Music at Green Bay series originated last fall at UW-Green Bay.

Founded in 1972, the Wisconsin Brass Quintet has performed throughout the Midwest and nationally, including performances at Carnegie Recital Hall. They also travel widely to present educational programs and master classes. The group performs radio broadcast concerts and has recorded works of Jan Bach and Hilmar Luckhardt on the album, Premieres.

Quintet members include John Aley and Alan Campbell, trumpets; Douglas Hill, French horn; William Richardson, trombone; and John Stevens, tuba. All five members of the group have extensive experience performing as soloists and with major ensembles and orchestras in the U.S. and elsewhere.

A professor of trumpet at UW-Madison, Aley is a former member of the American Brass Quintet. He has recorded with that group, and with PDQ Bach, the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble, and the American Composers Orchestra.

Campbell is an artist-in-residence at UW-Madison. He joined the Quintet from the Columbus Symphony Orchestra where he had been a member since 1981. He has recorded with that orchestra, with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, and for commercial studio productions.

Hill is a professor of horn at UW-Madison and is past president of the International Horn Society. His publications include compositions, introduction and techniques volumes on French horn, articles, and other works. He is one of 20 hornists internationally included in the book, 20th Century Brass Soloists.

Richardson served in the United States Marine Band and was a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the Central City Opera Orchestra. He is co-author of Introducing the Trombone, a standard beginning method book for trombonists. His activities include serving as bandmaster for the Wisconsin National Guard.

Stevens is former director of the UW-Madison School of Music. While a free-lance performer and composer in New York City, he performed with all the major orchestras in New York and with diverse groups such as the Chuck Mangione Orchestra and the American Brass Quintet. He was the tuba soloist in the original Broadway production of Barnum. Stevens is internationally known for his compositions for brass, which have included commissions. He is on the board of directors of the Tubists Universal Brotherhood Association.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

(01-57 / 16 March 2001 / VCD)

UW System News:

President Katharine Lyall Appoints Committee for UW-Green Bay Chancellor Search

MADISON -- University of Wisconsin System President Katharine C. Lyall today announced the appointment of a 19-member committee to search for a successor to UW-Green Bay Chancellor Mark Perkins, who was recently named president of Towson (MD) University.

The committee will be chaired by Scott Furlong, associate professor of public and environmental affairs. He will be joined by nine other faculty members, two academic staff members, two students, two university administrators, and three community members.

The committee will conduct its work during the spring and summer, and will recommend at least five candidates to the president in July. She and a special committee of the UW System Board of Regents will then conduct final interviews and make a recommendation to the Executive Committee of the board. It is anticipated that the appointment will be made in August.

Members of the UW-Green Bay Chancellor Search and Screen Committee are:

* Faculty: Cliff Abbott (Information and Computing Science), Angela Bauer-Dantoin (Human Biology), Scott Furlong (Public and Environmental Affairs), Regan Gurung (Human Development), Robert Howe (Natural and Applied Sciences), Ray Hutchison (Urban and Regional Studies), John Lyon (Natural and Applied Sciences), Lisa Poupart (Humanistic Studies), Marilyn Sagrillo (Business Administration), and Joan Thron (Education).

* Academic Staff: Anne Buttke (Director, University Union) and John Gerow (Associate Director, Residence Life).

* Students (Home towns): Rebecca Burch (Colgate) and Joanelle Jackson (Milwaukee).

* Administrators: Thomas Maki (Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance) and Frank Goldberg (Associate Vice President for Policy Analysis and Research, UW System).

* Community: Suzette Pfeifer (Director of Development, Encompass Child Care, Inc.), Virginia Riopelle (Vice Chair, UW-Green Bay Chancellor's Council of Trustees), and Kramer Rock (President, Temployment).

Lyall appointed the committee after broad consultation with the university community, alumni and donors, regents, and key public officials.

The Special Regent Committee for the UW-Green Bay Chancellor Search is chaired by Regent Patrick Boyle. Joining him on the committee are Regents Phyllis Krutsch and Frederic Mohs.

(01-55 / 19 March 2001 / UWS / Contact: Kevin Boatright 608-263-2227)

Historian will speak on Depression-era racial depictions

GREEN BAY -- "Radical Black Puppeteers," is the topic for Peter Rachleff, professor of history at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn., at 10 a.m. Friday, March 30 in the Christie Theater located in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Rachleff's illustrated lecture will explore the work of eight African-Americans in Buffalo, N.Y., during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Under the auspices of the Federal Theater Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), they performed historically inspired plays that included manipulating "white" and "black" marionettes.

Rachleff will discuss how their work challenged the dominant racial representations of the time period, reflected in radio shows such as Amos and Andyand the movie Gone With the Wind.

A member of the Macalester College faculty since 1982, Rachleff's major fields of interest are labor, African-American, and immigration history. He is the author of two books, Black Labor in Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1890 and Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: the Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement. He also has published many essays and articles. His op-ed columns have appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune and he contributes frequently to the St. Paul Union Advocate.

Rachleff's presentation is part of the Historical Perspectives Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for History and Social Change at UW-Green Bay.

(01-54 / 19 March 2001 / VCD)

Women in Cuba is lecture topic

GREEN BAY -- Anthropologist Araceli Alonso will speak on "Yesterday Compa–eras, Today Grandmothers: Women, aging and social change in Cuba under the Castro regime," at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29 in the 1965 room of University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Alonso, a candidate for the Ph.D. at UW-Madison, has a chapter on the subject of her talk in a forthcoming book, Cuban Women, scheduled for publication later this year by University of North Carolina Press.

Her appearance at UW-Green Bay is among campus activities for Women's History Month.

Alonso has done extensive research on women in Cuba during the Castro period. She spent two summers and a year in Cuba studying issues of women, aging and revolution. Alonso has published on several topics relating to women in Cuba, including their rights in public and private life. She has made presentations on her research in Cuba as well as in the U.S.

Alonso earned master's degrees at UW-Madison and at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and a bachelor's degree at the University of Madrid, Spain. Her awards in 2000 included a Cuban Research Institute Travel Grant from Florida International University and the Hyde Dissertation Research Award and the Vilas Award, both from UW-Madison.

Her lecture at UW-Green Bay is part of the Historical Perspectives lecture series sponsored by the Center for History and Social Change.

(01-53 / 19 March 2001 / VCD)

Parents can hear from experts on 'My Healthy Child'

GREEN BAY -- Parents are invited to a series of "Ask the Expert" programs on "My Healthy Child," set for the Brown County Central Library, 515 Pine St., Green Bay. The series is free, but preregistration is requested.

The programs are on Thursdays, March 29, April 26 and May 24. Each session begins at 5:30 p.m. with coffee and conversation. Speakers are scheduled at 5:45 p.m. and following their presentations, parents will have time to ask questions about their children.

Topics and speakers are:

Thursday, March 29: "My Child's Self Esteem," Chris Ferron, kindergarten teacher in the Green Bay Public Schools.

Thursday, April 26: "Being an Effective Parent," Illene Noppe, member of the Human Development faculty, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Thursday, May 24: "Eating Well," Debra Pearson, member of the Nutritional Sciences faculty at UW-Green Bay.

The series is sponsored by the Encompass Child Care Centers of Excellence grant, a part of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Excellence Initiative, administered by the Department of Workforce Development. It is organized by the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay.

The number to register is 438-3816, extension 3.

(01-52 / 16 March 2001 / VCD)

Three win health sciences scholarships

GREEN BAY -- Dana Eng, Hartland, Molly Ernst, Kewaunee, and James Kinsella, Niagara, are recipients of 2000-2001 Dr. Donel Sullivan Scholarships in Health Sciences and Health Professions at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

All three are juniors at UW-Green Bay completing majors in Human Biology with emphases in Health Sciences.

Eng, who transferred to UW-Green Bay from UW-Madison, plans to attend optometry school after graduation. Ernst, who is completing an internship in a small-town medical clinic where she is "shadowing" a physician, plans a career in medicine. Kinsella also plans to become a physician. He is president of the student BioScience Connection organization.

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.

(01-50 / 13 March 2001 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay, St. Norbert College celebrate Bach with St. John Passion performance

GREEN BAY - The combined choirs of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and St. Norbert College will present Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 25 in the Weidner Center on the UW-Green Bay campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Prof. Terence O'Grady, musicologist on the UW-Green Bay faculty, will present a lecture-discussion at 6:30 p.m.

The event celebrates the 250th anniversary of Bach's death.

One-hundred and twenty singers, including the Concert Choirs from both institutions, St. Norbert's Chamber Singers and Women's Chorus, UW-Green Bay's Vocal Ensemble, soloists and orchestra, will be directed by William Witwer, UW-Green Bay director of choral activities.

"The St. John Passion is one of the pinnacles of Western art music," says Witwer. The work, believed to have been performed first in 1724, tells the passion story from Jesus's arrest to his burial. Bach drew much of the text from Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible, from poetry of the time, and from hymns.

Tenor John Plier, faculty member at UW-Green Bay, will sing the role of the Evangelist and baritone Sam Handley, voice teacher at UW-Platteville, will sing the role of Jesus. Soloists are sopranos Sharon Steinberg-Plier, lecturer in voice at UW-Green Bay, and Lynn Griebling, instructor of vocal and choral music at St. Norbert College; countertenor Gerrod Pagenkopf, music student at UW-Madison; tenor James Doing, member of the UW-Madison voice faculty; and bass Michael Rosewall, director of the St. Norbert College Music Department and artistic director of the Green Bay Chamber Choir.

Witwer says the St. John Passion is an intricate work comprised of several elements. The narrative of the story is told in recitative. Disciples, soldiers and other groups are represented by "turba," or crowd choruses sung by the Chamber Choir and the Vocal Ensemble. Arias sung by the soloists comment on the drama that has taken place. The assembled group sings chorales, including familiar hymn tunes, summing up what has happened and how it applies to one's own life.

The work will be sung in German for authenticity and for the learning experience for the student performers, Witwer notes. The audience will be able to see English translation projected above the proscenium.

The collaboration between UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College makes it possible to present a major work that normally would be offered by larger, professional organizations, says Witwer, adding, "Our goal is to bring the community together for one of the great masterworks of our culture."

St. Norbert College singers are being prepared by Rosewall, Chamber Singers; Griebling, Concert Choir; and Constance Albert, Women's Chorus. Witwer is preparing the UW-Green Bay singers. UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College choral groups previously collaborated with the Green Bay Symphony for a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in 1999.

The St. John Passion project is funded, in part, by a grant from the Northeastern Wisconsin Arts Council, with additional support from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board.

The concert will be recorded for broadcast on Wisconsin Public Radio on Easter Sunday, April 15, at a time to be announced.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

(01-49 / 13 March 2001 / VCD)

UW System News:

UW System Board of Regents Commits to Additional Economic Stimulus Budget Proposal

MADISON -- The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Thursday adopted a resolution endorsing an "Economic Stimulus Package," a two-year supplement to the UW System biennial operating budget proposal advanced last month by Governor Scott McCallum.

In introducing the budget item, Regent President Jay L. Smith noted that Governor McCallum had been supportive of the university in introducing his proposed 2001-03 budget. But, said Smith, the governor had tough budget choices, given the grim state financial outlook.

McCallum proposed $55 million in new state dollars for the UW System over the biennium, a little less than a third of the UW's requested package. Of that amount, $8.7 million was earmarked for new programs.

"It's clear that our original budget request is unrealistic at this point in time because the state economic projections are down," said Smith. "But it's also clear that those projections could improve and if they do, we have support downtown for our new economy initiatives."

In passing the supplemental economic stimulus package, the board revisited the funding priorities they had set in August when they sent forward their original 2001-03 budget proposal to the Governor.

The Regents reiterated their concern about Wisconsin's economic outlook, and their support for UW programs that would "help the State of Wisconsin by increasing the number of students in high tech, high paying fields and by providing funding for student priorities."

In introducing the budget item, Regent President Jay L. Smith said: "I've asked President Katharine Lyall and the staff to tell us what initiatives are most critical to the state and to our students if dollars become available."

President Lyall introduced a package that seeks roughly $20 million in state funds annually (or $59.9 million during the next biennium) to supplement the Governor's proposed UW System budget.

Included is more funding for part two of the Madison Initiative, the Milwaukee Idea, and financial aid through the Advanced Opportunity and Lawton Grant Programs.

The package also would support business and workforce development. Identified in this category is funding for new initiatives at comprehensive campuses and UW-Extension. Examples include the Chippewa Valley Initiative (UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout), the engineering collaboration involving UW-Platteville and UW-Fox Valley, and the bioinfomatics program at UW-Parkside. Nearly all of this additional funding would be state tax dollars (GPR).

The package also includes support for library acquisitions, improved academic advising, scholarships for study abroad students and a collaborative language instruction program.

"We are at an early stage of the ongoing budget process," said Lyall. "Elected representatives in both houses, both parties, must weigh the choices for Wisconsin's future embodied in the next budget."

Lyall said she already had had overtures from state lawmakers seeking to put more funding for their local university campuses back in the budget.

"This economic stimulus package gives some order to our remaining priorities," said Lyall.

Even with these programs, the Regents left much of what they had originally requested from the state on the cutting room floor. These included projects on teacher education, much needed funding for preventive maintenance, funding for adult access, instructional technology funding and funds for precollege programs.

All of the items requested in the package were part of the board's 2001-03 original biennial budget proposal, submitted to Governor Thompson last August. "Our job," said Lyall, "is to keep before our public decision-makers the opportunities and the payoffs they must ultimately decide to seize, or forego, for the state.

"By focusing now on our most urgent needs, the UW System is effectively deferring a variety of new initiatives until the next biennium," said Lyall. "These are painful choices," she added. "Each of them will set us back in our ability to contribute as much as we might to our students and the state."

The economic stimulus package, endorsed by the board, could be introduced by one or more legislators as they begin their deliberations on the state budget. The package also could be introduced when the party caucuses make budget-related decisions.

In addition to the Economic Stimulus Package, the board reaffirmed the portion of its "Tuition Policy Principles" that concerns student financial aid. The principle states that "GPR financial aid and graduate assistant support increases should be kept commensurate with general tuition increases." The board encouraged the governor and legislature to fund state-supported financial aid programs to achieve this goal. The governor's budget proposal currently contains no new funding for the Wisconsin Higher Education Grant (WHEG) program, which largely benefits low-income students.

(01-48 / 9 March 2001 / UWS)

Alumni 'All-Stars' join student vocalists, high school band in jazz concert

GREEN BAY - An alumni "All-Star" Big Band, the UW-Green Bay Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and a High School Honors Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22 in the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Two dozen musicians who graduated from or attended UW-Green Bay make up the "All-Star" Big Band assembled for the occasion. All live in the northeastern Wisconsin region. They'll be directed by John Salerno, UW-Green Bay director of jazz studies, and by guest directors Lovell Ives and Shawn Postell.

Sharing in the concert are the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Chris Salerno, and a High School Honors Band, selected from among students who participated in the UW-Green Bay 2001 Jazz Fest last January. Thomas Pfotenhauer of the UW-Green Bay faculty will direct the honors band.

The Big Band program includes an arrangement of "It Might as Well Be Spring" by Ives, a professor emeritus at UW-Green Bay. Ives founded the UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble in 1969, the year he joined the faculty, and he directed it until his retirement in 1997. Ives organized the first UW-Green Bay Jazz Fest in 1970, an event held annually since.

Guest director Postell, band director at Hilbert Public Schools, is a 1988 UW-Green Bay graduate.

Todd Buffa, a UW-Green Bay student in the early 1970s, will solo with the Big Band on a number. Buffa won a Grammy nomination in the 1980s for an arrangement while performing with the group, Rare Silk.

The Big Band program includes two John Salerno arrangements, "If I Had My Life to Live Over," and "The Nearness of You." Student pianist Sara Salentine will perform with the alumni band.

The Vocal Jazz Ensemble set includes three numbers. Chris Salerno arranged "Old Devil Moon," featuring soloist Sara deFelice. Alumnus Marc Jimos will join the group on saxophone for "To Dare the Moon." Ensemble members Katie Scovell and Gerrit Roessler are the soloists on "One Note Samba."

High School Honors Band members were chosen to perform on the basis of their participation in the day-long clinics held in association with Jazz Fest. They'll perform a four-number set.

Honors band members are:

Bayport High School — Dave Temple, trombone; Denmark High School — Anthony Kraft, drums and Andrew Steeno, bass; De Pere High School — Alex Noppe, trumpet and Pete Rosewall, piano; Gladstone, Mich., High School — Tom Maskart, trumpet; Green Bay Southwest High School — Adam Stein, baritone saxophone; Green Bay West High School — Jacob Urbancic, tenor saxophone.

Manitowoc Lincoln High School — Adam Holly, drums and Eric Lensmire, trumpet; Pulaski High School — Max Kiesner, trumpet and Sheri VanDonsel, trombone; Shawano High School — Chris Felts, alto saxophone and Kris St. Arnold, tenor saxophone; Stevens Point High School — Garrett Arrowood, trombone, Alex Lopez-Frank, alto saxophone, Dan Mitchell, trumpet, and Josh Wykle, guitar; Sun Prairie High School — Adam Braatz, piano.

Concert tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. Numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

(01-47 / 9 March 2001 / VCD)

Labor activist 'Mother' Jones is topic of speaker

GREEN BAY - Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, the labor activist and United Mineworkers organizer who lived from 1831 to 1931, is the subject of a talk at 10 a.m. Friday, March 23 in the Christie Theater in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The free event is open to the public.

The speaker is Elliott J. Gorn, associate professor of history at Purdue University, who is completing a new book, tentatively titled, The Most Dangerous Woman in America: The Life of Mother Jones.

Gorn specializes in nineteenth and twentieth century American social and cultural history. He has written on popular culture, including subjects such as sports, education and the history of violence. He is consulting on an exhibition, "Chicago Sports," scheduled to open this spring at the Chicago Historical Society. Gorn is editor of The McGuffey Readers: Selections from the 1879 Edition and of Muhammad Ali: The People's Champ, and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of American Social History.

(01-46 / 9 March 2001 / VCD)

Genealogy workshop brings experts to UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY -- A genealogy workshop with sessions for beginning, intermediate and advanced genealogists is scheduled for March 23 and 24 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. "Ancestral Pursuit IV" sessions are from 12:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23 in the Ecumenical Center and 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 in the University Union, both on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The workshop offers "how to" sessions, along with presentations on uses of birth, death, adoption and citizenship records, resources available in archives collections, research on French-Canadian, Czech, and Belgian-American ethnic groups and sources available on the World Wide Web. The presenters are experts in their fields from around Wisconsin and elsewhere.

"Genealogy is one of America's most popular hobbies," says Debra Anderson, director of the Area Research Center and Special Collections at the UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library and member of the programming committee of Friends of the Cofrin Library, co-sponsor of the event. More than 40 percent of adults are at least somewhat interested in genealogy, according to American Demographics magazine.

Anderson says special workshop features include "Ask a Genealogist" and "Ask an Archivist" programs that will allow attendees to get on-site help with their genealogical research problems from experts. Also, participants can sign up for a Surname Registry that will be distributed to everyone who attends. The registry will enable recipients to network by surname, time period, and locality.

Friday afternoon offers a single program track with registration at 12:30 p.m. and sessions beginning at 1 p.m.

Saturday begins with registration and exhibit area opening at 8:30 a.m. The program begins at 9:30 a.m. There are four simultaneous tracks throughout the day. Exhibits include displays by local genealogical organizations and historical societies, free literature, and national, regional and local vendors offering books, forms, maps, preservation supplies, scrapbooks, photo albums, software, novelties, and other items for sale.

Friday sessions and presenters include:

"The Nuts and Bolts of Genealogy," Anderson.

"There's No Place Like Home," Ron Renquin, Green Bay, experienced genealogist who has traced his family to the Plymouth Colony.

"Births, Marriages and Deaths: A Vital Place to Start," Anne Kasuboski, Green Bay, coordinator of reference and Instructional services, Cofrin Library, and experienced genealogist.

"Stand Up and Be Counted: Census Records," Mary Metzger, Green Bay, instructor of genealogy classes for Learning in Retirement.

"It Said What!!!: Research Surprises," Renquin and Kris Beisser Matthies, Green Bay, assistant archivist, Green Bay Catholic Diocese and certified genealogist.

Ask the Genealogists, panel.

Saturday sessions and presenters are:

"Beginning Genealogy: The Basics," Renquin.

"Uncle Sam's Attic: The National Archives," Joan Murray, Chicago, long-time volunteer at Great Lakes Branch of National Archives and representative for Ancestry.com, largest Internet genealogical research site.

"Navigating the State Historical Society Website," Rick Pifer, Madison, director of reference services for archives, State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW).

"Our Ancestor's Experiences: Life in the 1840s," Jacqueline Frank, Green Bay, master's degree student in public history at UW-Milwaukee and 19th century interpreter.

"See You in Court!," Anderson.

"Research in Your Backyard," Matthies.

"Ancestry.com," Murray.

"French-Canadian Research," Pat Geyh, Milwaukee, professional genealogist specializing in French-Canadian and Irish-American research.

"They've Got It All on Film: SHSW Microforms," Lori Bessler, Madison, microforms librarian, SHSW.

"Green Bay Area Research Center," Anderson.

"My Shoebox is Full: What Will I Do Next?," Geyh.

"Czech Research," John Marvin, Madison, long-time researcher on Czech genealogy.

"Making the Connections: Adoption Records," Diane Ritt, Madison, founder of ICARE, agency to connect adoptees and birth parents.

"Going to Press: Publishing Your Family History," Gloria Bailey Jackson, LaCrosse, author of two published family histories, one of which won awards in 2000 from SHSW and the Wisconsin Genealogical Society.

"Pledging Their Allegiance: Citizenship Records," Virginia Fritsch, Madison, local records archivist, SHSW.

"Belgian-American Research," Mary Ann Defnet, Green Bay, specialist in Belgian-American research for more than 25 years and U.S. researcher for several Belgian genealogical publications.

Workshop registration fees are $42 for both days; $20 for Friday only; $32 for Saturday only. Meals are an additional $8.95 for Friday dinner and $6.95 for Saturday lunch. Preregistration is encouraged; registration at the door is acceptable.

Information is available by calling (920) 465-2539 between 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday, or by e-mail to SPECCOLL@UWGB.EDU. Or information and registration forms may be downloaded via the Internet at http://www.uwgb.edu/library/dept/spc/ap4.html.

(01-45 / 6 March 2001 / VCD)

Area representatives will attend 'UW-Day' in Madison on March 7

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Mark L. Perkins will lead a group of 60 from Green Bay to join more than 1,500 friends of the University of Wisconsin System to celebrate public higher education on Wednesday, March 7 in Madison. The group will represent UW-Green Bay at a one-day celebration, "UW-Day: Building Wisconsin's Future."

The event will involve each of the UW System's 15 institutions, the Board of Regents, local community leaders, and alumni and friends of each institution, said Katharine Lyall, UW System President. A large turnout of legislators and other public officials also is expected, she added.

About 30 Green Bay community representatives will leave by bus at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning from the Weidner Center on the campus for the trip to Madison. The group includes government leaders, civic and business leaders, educators and representatives of the UW-Green Bay Council of Trustees and Founders Association. A second group of mostly University administrators, faculty, staff and students will depart at 12:30 p.m. "UW-Green Bay is blessed with wonderful friends," said Perkins.

The focus of the celebration, which is funded by private contributions, will be the many ways in which the UW System benefits students, the general public and the Wisconsin economy. That afternoon, guests of each institution will have the opportunity to meet with their local legislators in the Capitol to discuss the value of the university in their communities and its impact on the state.

Perkins said the UW-Day theme builds on results of the recent Wisconsin Economic Summit. "The Summit brought to the foreground critical concerns about Wisconsin's future economic health and quality of life," said Perkins. "The UW System proposes to address these concerns with investment in 'The New Wisconsin Economy' and a brain-gain strategy of improved access to college degrees and preparation for new-economy careers."

UW-Day also includes an evening reception from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. A brief program at 6:30 p.m. will feature remarks by Lyall, Board of Regents President Jay L. Smith and Governor Scott McCallum. Each UW institution will present major exhibits demonstrating cutting edge technology and educational partnerships.

UW-Green Bay exhibits include the Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity; the Nursing Degree Completion Program, which offers the UW-Green Bay degree nationwide; the Institute for Learning Partnership; the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium; the Weidner Center; a collaboration with Tinedale Farms, Wrightstown, on a project to harness methane for power; and other programs and projects. Prof. Cheryl Grosso of the music faculty will lead the UW-Green Bay Hand Drumming Ensemble in providing entertainment.

Lyall says UW-Day will be an opportunity for the institutions "to show off a little" and to interact with legislators, alumni and friends of the UW System. "We've never hosted this kind of celebration of the university system before," she said. "We're hoping it will be both fun and informative."

More information about UW-Day will be posted on the UW System World Wide Web site: www.wisconsin.edu.

(01-43 / 1 March 2001 / VCD)

Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band share concert

GREEN BAY -- Ninety-five students will perform when the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band share a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 8 in the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Director of Bands Kevin Collins will conduct the 35-member Wind Ensemble in three works. Morton Gould's "West Point Symphony" for band was written in 1952 to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the U.S. Military Academy. Their program continues with "Salvation is Created," a Russian Orthodox chorale setting composed in the early 20th century by Pavel Tschesnokoff. The group ends with a work commissioned in the early 1980s by a consortium of Wisconsin college and university bands, including UW-Green Bay. The composition by Gregory Youtz is "Fireworks."

The larger Symphonic Band, conducted by Scott Wright, assistant director of bands, opens with an energetic Overture in B-flat by Giovannini followed by an Austrian hymn by Franz Josef Haydn, "Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken." "Tribute to Stephen Foster," originally arranged for the U.S. Marine Band, includes "My Old Kentucky Home," "Camptown Races," and other familiar tunes. The band closes its program with an early 20th century march, "The Circus Bee," by Henry Fillmore.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

(01-44 / 1 March 2001 / VCD)