October 2001

Author will speak on writing history for all ages at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-- Author Penny Colman will speak on "You Can't Do That!: The Process of Writing History for All Ages," at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29 in the Christie Theater, located in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The event is free and open to the public.

Colman's appearance is rescheduled from September 14 when it was cancelled due to national events.

Colman is the author of more than a dozen books on women's history, labor history, social history and other topics, written for audiences ranging from 7 to 10-year-olds to adults. Her most recent book is Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America. She is working on a new book, Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II. Colman's earlier book on women in the second World War era was Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II. Her book Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: A History of Burial, was named a Best Book of the Year by Publisher's Weekly.

Colman has been widely interviewed in print media, television and radio. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University, she has been a teacher, director of an antipoverty agency and a school board member. Colman presently teaches at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

Colman's visit to UW-Green Bay is sponsored by the Center for History and Social Change.

GREEN BAY--Being named "Most Promising Young Artist," was just one of the good things that happened to University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior Andrea Wiltzius as a result of competing in the Eastern Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions.

At age 22, Wiltzius was the youngest person and the only undergraduate student among two dozen competitors at the event last week at Carroll College in Waukesha.

In addition to being named "Most Promising" among singers under age 25, Wiltzius:

-shared a fourth place cash award.

-was selected to audition for the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. The two-year program at the Metropolitan Opera in New York provides financial aid and artistic direction. She'll audition some time next spring in New York.

-was among six chosen by Charles J. Riecker, one of the three judges, to participate in his master class. Riecker, a sought-after vocal and diction coach, is retired after nearly 40-years with the Metropolitan Opera, where he served as artistic administrator and in other posts.

-was invited to spend two months in summer 2002 at the Chautauqua Opera in New York State by Jay Lesenger, who also was a judge. Lesenger is artistic and stage director of the Chautauqua Opera and a former faculty member at the University of Michigan.

A soprano, Wiltzius performed selections by Bizet, Puccini, Mozart and Verdi for the audition. Her vocal teacher at UW-Green Bay is Assistant Prof. John Plier.

Wiltzius came close to leaving the audition without competing. "When I got there and realized [the quality of] the people I was competing against, I thought, 'I don't belong here,'" she said. Wiltzius went outside, sat down, and contemplated leaving. A man sitting nearby struck up a conversation and Wiltzius confessed her nervousness. The person who encouraged Wiltzius to "do your best" turned out to be a professional associated with Milwaukee's Florentine Opera.

A native of Kohler, Wiltzius plans to graduate from UW-Green Bay in May 2002.

Wiltzius has many performance credits at UW-Green Bay and elsewhere. Last spring, she sang a duet with "Phantom of the Opera" star Brad Little at a Green Bay Symphony Orchestra concert. She traveled to the Czech Republic with Associate Prof. Sarah Meredith to compete in the Dvorak Competition in November 2000. Wiltzius will perform her UW-Green Bay senior recital in December.

Contact: Prof. Donna Ritch, (920) 465-2274.

GREEN BAY - Four finalists for the position of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay director of intercollegiate athletics will visit the campus for interviews and meetings starting Oct. 31.

The list of finalists was trimmed from five to four when William P. McGillis notified UW-Green Bay officials Monday that he was withdrawing his name from consideration. McGillis is Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of New Mexico.

The finalists will meet with campus and community interview groups, the six-member search and screen committee and Chancellor-Designate Bruce Shepard.

The dates for the meetings and the candidates are:

• Wednesday, Oct. 31: W. Scott King, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bank One, Wisconsin.

• Thursday, Nov. 1: Stephen G. Swan, President, Ultimate Sports Apparel, Inc., of Green Bay.

• Friday, Nov. 2: Terry L. Wanless, President, Dakota Athletic Consulting, and former Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, University of North Dakota.

• Monday, Nov. 5: Kenneth R. Bothof, Associate Athletic Director-External Operations, Saint Louis University.

Each candidate will meet with a panel of community representatives from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and with a committee of faculty, staff and students from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The meetings will be held in Alumni Room A of the University Union.

Donna Ritch, chairperson of the search and screen committee, said the committee meetings will be open to the public. Questions from members of the public must be submitted in writing to the committees prior to the start of the meetings.

Beth A. Warner, UW-Green Bay Assistant Director of Admission and Recruitment, heads the community panel. Warner also is active in the Women's Cage Club, the booster group for the UW-Green Bay women's basketball team. Ron R. Ronnenberg, UW-Green Bay Director of Financial Aid and Student Employment, heads the interview committee of faculty, staff and students.

The candidates also will meet with Shepard, the search and screen committee and an Athletics Department committee, which includes staff and student-athletes.

Ritch said the search and screen committee will meet during the week of Nov. 5 to discuss the candidates' strengths and weaknesses. She will forward the information to Shepard no later than Nov. 12. Shepard, who begins his duties as chancellor Nov. 1, will make the final decision.

UW-Green Bay is seeking a successor to Dennis "Otis" Chambers, who stepped down as athletics director Aug. 30.

GREEN BAY- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Extended Degree program hosts an information session on campus Saturday morning, November 3, 2001.

The free session takes place from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Room C303, 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.

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay today released the names of five finalists for the position of director of intercollegiate athletics.

A six-member search and screen committee recommended the five finalists, who will begin visiting the campus later this month for a series of interviews.

The finalists for the athletics director position are:
* Kenneth R. Bothof, Associate Athletic Director-External Operations, Saint Louis University.
* W. Scott King, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bank One, Wisconsin.
* William P. McGillis, Senior Associate Athletic Director, University of New Mexico.
* Stephen G. Swan, President, Ultimate Sports Apparel, Inc., of Green Bay.
* Terry L. Wanless, President, Dakota Athletic Consulting, and former Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, University of North Dakota.

Interim UW-Green Bay Chancellor William Kuepper said the search committee recommended a group of finalists with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

"We're pleased with the results of the first phase of this process," Kuepper said.

Donna Ritch, chairperson of the search and screen committee, said the candidates have a good mix of strengths to bring to the UW-Green Bay athletics program, including experience in athletics, fund-raising and management.

Ritch said three separate interview groups will begin meeting the finalists Oct. 30. The panels will consist of representatives of the community; UW-Green Bay faculty, staff and students; and the Athletics Department, including staff and student-athletes.

Chancellor-Designate W. Bruce Shepard and the search and screen committee also will interview the finalists.

The search and screen committee will provide Shepard with information on the candidates' strengths and weaknesses. Shepard will make the final decision. The selection of the new athletics director likely will be made in early November.

Ritch, associate professor of human biololgy, said the search and screen committee initially planned to choose three finalists. However, she said the five finalists all are strong candidates who deserve an opportunity to interview for the position.

The finalists were selected from a field of about 40 candidates, she said.

UW-Green Bay is seeking a successor to Dennis "Otis" Chambers, who stepped down as athletics director Aug. 30.

In addition to Ritch, members of the search and screen committee are Scott Furlong, associate professor of public and environmental affairs, associate controller Kelly Franz, graduate student Steve Potokar, and community members Paul Anderson and Carol Bush.

GREEN BAY -- Jane Elliott, who devised an exercise that she calls "an inoculation against discrimination," will speak on "The Anatomy of Prejudice" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 in the Phoenix Rooms of University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The event and the reception following are free and open to the public.

Elliott was a grade school teacher in Riceville, Iowa in 1968 when she developed the exercise after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. to illustrate to her students the myth of superiority. She divided the group by eye color — brown or blue — and subscribed all positive characteristics to one group and all negative to the other. Elliott discovered that students became what she told them they were.

She says she realized that "you can create racism. And, as with anything, if you can create it, you can destroy it." She also realized that people in her small town did not want to hear the message. Elliott's children were beaten by others, her parents' business lost customers, and she and her family received death threats.

Elliott continued teaching in Riceville until the early 1980s when she retired. Today she speaks at colleges and performs the blue eyes-brown eyes exercise at the request of companies that want diversity training. Elliott was on the Late Show with Johnny Carson in the 1960s, and more recently was on Oprah and 60 Minutes.

The Office of Student Life sponsors the event.

Contact: Steven Neiheisel, UW-Green Bay assistant dean for enrollment services, at (920) 465-2155.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will cut off applications for spring semester classes from undergraduate transfer students Friday, Nov. 2, University officials announced Monday.

The unprecedented step of closing transfer applications for the spring semester is an indication of the growing demand for the education UW-Green Bay offers.

The action is being taken to bring the University's enrollment in line with targets established under the UW System's enrollment management plan, said Steven Neiheisel, UW-Green Bay assistant dean for enrollment services.

"With a record enrollment this fall and increases in early applications for spring and fall semesters in 2002, we must take steps early if we are going to bring our enrollment in line with the established targets and our available resources," he said. Spring semester classes begin Jan. 22, 2002.

Neiheisel said the University is controlling enrollment for the spring semester in anticipation of additional controls for the fall 2002 semester. Decisions on controls for fall 2002 will be made after University officials review the enrollment situation in late January or early February, he said.

Final enrollment figures for fall 2001 show a record enrollment of 4,550 full-time equivalent students, an increase of 2.6 percent from fall 2000. The FTE enrollment is based on the number of credits taken and is used by the UW System in measuring the University's capacity.

The FTE total for fall 2001 is 4.4 percent above UW-Green Bay's enrollment target. The target of 4,357 students was set for the purpose of balancing enrollment and available resources, including adequate class sections and services.

Some exceptions to the application cutoff for transfers will be made on a case-by-case basis, Neiheisel said.

He said exceptions will be considered for students whose presence would enrich the UW-Green Bay community. Considerations may include ethnic and cultural diversity and special talents in areas such as academics, music and athletics.

Applications will continue to be accepted from new freshmen and re-enrolling students and from students in graduate, special, Extended Degree and off-campus programs.

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, joined by the Pulaski High School Wind Ensemble, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 in the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The Pulaski Wind Ensemble will perform "Carnival of Venice," featuring UW-Green Bay faculty member and clarinetist Scott Wright. The ensemble, with Wright as guest soloist, will present the number the following week before the Wisconsin Music Educator's Association convention in Madison. D. Thomas Busch, a UW-Green Bay alumnus, conducts the Pulaski ensemble.

"America, the Beautiful" opens the UW-Green Bay Wind Ensemble program. They'll also perform Mendelssohn's Overture for Band, Handel's Water Music Suite, and Hummel's Concerto for Trumpet. Faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer will be the featured soloist on the latter. Director of Bands Kevin Collins conducts the Ensemble.

The Wind Ensemble will close its program with the second-ever performance of "M.A.C.H. 01," a fanfare composed by faculty member John Salerno especially for the September 28 dedication ceremonies of the University's new Mary Ann Cofrin Hall.

Wright, assistant director of bands, will conduct the 70-member Symphonic Band in a tribute to British music, plus one selection by Johann Sebastian Bach. They'll perform two compositions by Ralph Vaughn Williams, English Folk Song Suite, and Prelude on Three Welsh Hymn Tunes, and a World War II-era piece by Zo Elliott, "The British Eighth Army." They will close with Bach's chorale, "Come Sweet Death."

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

GREEN BAY -- "Vox Femina" is the title of a program of music by women composers presented by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Vocal Ensemble, Concert Choir and University Chorus, and a 60-voice High School Honor Choir, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22 in the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Guest conductor Mary Kay Geston, a member of the faculty at Northwestern College, St. Paul, Minn. will direct the High School Honor Choir, comprised of students from nine northeastern Wisconsin high schools including Appleton East, Ashwaubenon, Freedom, Green Bay East, Kimberly, Notre Dame Academy, Reedsville, Sevastopol and Shiocton. Geston conducts the Women's Chorale and Chamber Singers at Northwestern College. She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting and literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The high school students will spend the day at UW-Green Bay working with Geston, UW-Green Bay Director of Choral Studies William Witwer and members of the voice faculty.

Two UW-Green Bay faculty members will perform solos of works by composers whose lives bridged the 19th and 20th centuries. Soprano Ruth Wilson will present works by Liza Lehmann and Lily Strickland, and John Plier, a tenor, will perform a composition by Amy Beach. Wilson, who joined the faculty in September for the 2001-02 year, performed last summer at the Santa Fe Playhouse and in "Santa Fe Scenes" on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is known for her oratorio interpretation and has performed in oratorio, concert, and opera appearances in New York and elsewhere. Plier, who came to UW-Green Bay in fall 2000, has a long list of credits in solo parts and opera roles in the U.S. and Europe.

Witwer directs the UW-Green Bay Vocal Ensemble and Concert Choir and Plier directs the University Chorus.

The 50-member University Chorus will begin the choral program with four selections by contemporary female composers. They'll open with "Aftermath," by Shirley Whitecotton, based on a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem about autumn and harvest. Ellen Hancheck is the accompanist.

The Vocal Ensemble, a treble group, will perform works ranging from 12th century Hildegard of Bingen to 19th century Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel to several works by living composers. Student Sarah Zickert is the accompanist. On "Three Highbrows We," they'll be joined by Zickert, piano; Darla Czarapata, clarinet; Abbe Jueds, clarinet; Kristin Mazarik, trumpet; and John Delany, tuba. "Highbrows," written by Jennifer Barker, a former Witwer teaching colleague, tells the story of three young women who forsake the classics of Western culture for their true love — Mickey Mouse.

The Concert Choir and High School Honor Choir each will perform separately and then join for closing of the program. Organist and faculty member Namji Kim will accompany the Concert Choir on Gwenyth Walker's "Psalm 23." The combined groups will perform Walker's "White Horses," with faculty member Janice Cusano at the piano.

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

GREEN BAY -- "The National Response: Military, Security, Civil Liberties," is the subject of the second in a series of free community forums examining issues raised by the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States. The event is at 7 p.m. Tuesday (October 16) at Green Bay West High School.

Speakers will be Derek Jeffreys, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, on "The Ethical Response," Joseph Tullbane, director of the Center for International Education at St. Norbert College, on "The Military Response," and April Barker, attorney-at-law with Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C., on "Security and Civil Liberties." Ken Bukowski, Brown County corporation counsel, will be the moderator. The audience will have an opportunity for discussion.

The final forum, "Response from Our Community Leaders" with Rabbi Sidney Vineburg, Cnesses Israel Congregation, Sr. Sally Ann Brickner, director of the Peace and Justice Center at St. Norbert College, and Salman Aziz, president of the Fox Valley Islamic Community, is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 at West High School.

The first forum on Oct. 9 focusing on "Historical Perspectives," was attended by about 100. The "After the Attack" series is sponsored by the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay. The number for information is (920) 465-2642.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay set a full-time student enrollment record this fall, new enrollment figures show.

Final enrollment figures for fall 2001 show an enrollment of 4,550 full-time equivalent students, an increase of 2.6 percent from fall 2000. UW-Green Bay's previous FTE enrollment record was set in fall 1998.

The FTE enrollment is based on the number of credits taken and is used by the UW System in measuring the University's capacity.

UW-Green Bay has a headcount enrollment this fall of 5,551 students. The headcount enrollment — the actual number of students attending classes — is up 0.8 percent from fall 2000.

The enrollment record is due largely to improved retention of continuing students. About 74 percent of students who were new freshmen in fall 2000 enrolled again in fall 2001. Carol Pollis, UW-Green Bay interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the enrollment figures demonstrate a substantial and increasing demand for the education the University offers.

"We are especially pleased with improved retention of continuing students because we have worked very hard over the past few years to enhance the learning experience and retain a larger percentage of our students," Pollis said.

The FTE enrollment record is an indication that the institution is enrolling more full-time undergraduate students, according to Deborah Furlong, UW-Green Bay director of institutional research. "UW-Green Bay has become increasingly traditional," she said. "A greater proportion of our students are full-time undergraduates."

The FTE total is 4.4 percent above the University's state-approved enrollment target. The University negotiates the target with the UW System for the purposes of projecting the need for tax revenue and balancing available resources and enrollment.

The record came in spite of efforts to limit enrollment, including early closures of new freshmen and transfer applications.

About 94 percent of UW-Green Bay's students this fall are Wisconsin residents. They come from 71 of the state's 72 counties. Students also come from 29 other states and 32 foreign countries. Minority students — American Indian, African American, Asian, Southeast Asian and Hispanic American — make up 5 percent of the overall enrollment. The minority enrollment was stable compared with fall 2000 figures.

The new figures show that female students outnumber male students by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. UW-Green Bay has 3,677 female students and 1,874 male students.

Furlong attributed the preponderance of female students to numerous characteristics of the University. They include the school's relatively small size and a program array that appeals to women.

Enrollment figures were recorded and released later than usual this year because of recent national events.

GREEN BAY -- The Institute for Learning Partnership has received word that U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige has cancelled his plans to speak at the Institute's Fall Conference on Thursday, Oct. 11, citing "unforseen scheduling conflicts." Jan Kettlewell, associate vice chancellor for pre-school through college initiatives for the University System of Georgia, and Judy Sargent, CESA 7 director of school improvement services, are still scheduled as keynote speakers.

The Phoenix Room of the University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will be open for refreshments from 5 to 6 p.m., with Kettlewell to present her keynote, "The Pre-School-College Highway," at 6 p.m., followed by Sargent's presentation, "Empowering Local Teams with Data," beginning at 7 p.m.

A question and answer session will follow each address. For further information contact Sue Bodilly, 920-465-5502 or 920-338-0069.

GREEN BAY -- "A Lie of the Mind," by Sam Shepard, opens the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay theater season with performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 18 through 20 and 25 through 27. Performances are in University Theater, located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The play explores what Shepard calls "the emotional terrain" of members of two families, who are connected by marriage. Director John Mariano notes that a Village Voice interviewer described Shepard as the "most original and vital" playwright of our age. "I agree completely," says Mariano, a member of the UW-Green Bay faculty since 1997.

"A Lie of the Mind" opened off-Broadway in 1985 and by the time it closed in 1986, had won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play Award, the Drama Desk Outstanding New Play Award, and the Outer Critics' Circle Outstanding Off-Broadway Play Award.

The play is peopled with characters that struggle with alienation and isolation. To tell the story, two separate environments-one for each family-will be created on the University Theater stage, with the audience seated onstage on three sides of the playing area. "In effect, we're creating a small, intimate thrust theater contained entirely on stage," explains Mariano.

Steven Marzolf portrays Jake, the husband, and Terra Schultz is Beth, the wife, the characters that connect the two families. Marzolf, a senior from Green Bay, has a long list of UW-Green Bay theater credits. Schultz, a sophomore from Withee, is making her stage debut. Both are Theater majors.

Scenic design is by Jeffrey Entwistle, costume design is by Kaoime Malloy, and technical direction is by Michael Ingraham. All are members of the UW-Green Bay faculty. Students Robert J. Schnettler III and Craig Leonhard are the lighting and sound designers.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door for adults; $10 in advance and $12 at the door for seniors and students. Numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

GREEN BAY -- An exhibit of the AIDS Memorial Quilt opens with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17 in the Lawton Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Five sections of eight quilts each will be on display through November 9. Lawton Gallery hours will be extended until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, Oct. 24 and 31 and Nov. 7 during this exhibit.

Kevin Roeder assistant professor of Social Work at UW-Green Bay, will speak at 5 p.m. at the reception. Roeder recently was elected to the board of directors of the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin. He serves as HIV/AIDS liaison for Wisconsin Chapter of National Association of Social Workers and recently completed his third term as chair of the Northeast Wisconsin Ryan White Consortium. He had a three-year association with the national Camp Heartland project. Roeder's presentation will be followed by a performance by Entertainers Against AIDS.

Organizers of the AIDS Memorial Quilt describe it as the world's largest community arts project. The idea of creating a quilt to commemorate those who have died of AIDS was conceived in 1985 and by January 2000, the quilt contained 42,960 panels with the names of 83,279 individuals.

The Names Project Foundation of Atlanta, which maintains and circulates the quilt, says it is intended to provide a creative means for remembrance, illustrate the enormity of the AIDS epidemic, increase public awareness, help with HIV prevention and raise funds for community-based AIDS service organizations.

The UW-Green Bay AIDS Memorial Quilt, sponsored by the Counseling and Health Center, will be on display in the Lawton Gallery along with the traveling quilt exhibit. The quilt has been circulating on campus for a month, along with materials for making blocks, so that viewers could add to the quilt. About 40 blocks have been contributed. Materials will be available at the exhibit so that visitors can continue to add.

Videos on various aspects of the AIDS crisis will be shown on three Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. in the Lawton Gallery. On October 24, NEWIST Producer/Director Eileen Littig will present a selection of her AIDS-related videos. "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt," is the video for October 31. On November 7, the video is "Lest We Forget."

Two exhibit-related community events are scheduled.

The Green Bay Film Society and the UW-Green Bay Art Agency will co-sponsor a documentary short film, "Fast Trip, Long Drop," by filmmaker and AIDS activist Greg Bordowitz at 7 p.m. Wednesday November 7 at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County. Bordowitz is internationally recognized for his work. UW-Green Bay Curator of Art Stephen Perkins will present the film. The showing is part of the free International Film Series organized by the Film Society.

On Thursday, Nov. 29, eight sections of the AIDS quilt will be displayed during the third annual Celebration of Remembrance and Hope from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Weidner Center on the UW-Green Bay campus. The event is organized by Entertainers Against AIDS.

The Lawton Gallery is located in Theater Hall room 230 at UW-Green Bay. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The number for information is (920) 465-2916.

GREEN BAY -- Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and mass communication, education and sociology at New York University, will speak on "The Sixties" at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 19 in the Christie Theater, located in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The event is free and open to the public.

Gitlin is author of several books, including "The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage," "The Whole World is Watching: Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left," and "The Twilight of Common Dreams."

Gitlin is the past recipient of research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation at the University of California and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

His lecture is sponsored by the Center for History and Social Change at UW-Green Bay.

GREEN BAY -- "We are All New Yorkers": a teleconference on responses to the recent terrorist attacks in the United States is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 in Instructional Services Building room 1034 on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. It is free and open to the public.

The three-way conference features UW-Green Bay Prof. Joyce Salisbury and speakers from Rutgers University and the University of Minnesota, Morris. Satellite technology makes it possible for the audience at each location to join in a discussion after the presentations.

Topics and speakers are:

"Sacrificial Suicide in History: Dying for a Political Purpose," Prof. Salisbury.

"The Peculiar Logic of Terrorism," Prof. Uri Eisenzweig, Rutgers University.

"What We are Seeing: Images of Terrorism on TV," Prof. Barbara Burke, University of Minnesota, Morris.

Salisbury is a Frankenthal Professor at UW-Green Bay where she is on the Humanistic Studies and History faculties. She is the author or editor of 10 books including the critically acclaimed "Perpetua's Passion: Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman." Her most recent book is "Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World." She earned a Ph.D. in medieval history at Rutgers University and joined UW-Green Bay in 1981.

Eisenzweig teaches comparative literature at Rutgers University. A native of Cuba, he has lived in Europe and Israel. He has written extensively on the Middle East and since 1988 has been working on the subject of terrorism and literature from the end of the 19th century to the present. His newest book is "Fictions of Anarchism."

Burke's published work has focused on audience responses to television images. She teaches classes on television communications at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

The number for information about the teleconference is (920) 465-2416.

GREEN BAY -- Melissa Jackson started getting calls almost as soon as she was named University ombudsperson for women's issues in August. "I feel people have looked forward to being able to talk with someone," says Jackson, who joined UW-Green Bay last February as University counsel.

Jackson anticipates that serving as a resource for campus women and reviewing University policies dealing with gender and related issues will occupy the greater part of her role as ombudsperson. She'll also look at legal aspects of recommendations, such as childcare, made in the campus Report on Equality for Women released last spring.

Jackson says her experience as an attorney is excellent preparation for being an ombudsperson. "Dealing with conflict is something I have to do all the time," she says." Being an attorney is being a counselor." She expects to use the same skills in risk analysis, assessing options and looking at issues from all sides.

Jackson emphasizes that her services as ombudsperson are "completely confidential," but warns that individuals who want to proceed with resolving an issue should be aware that they may have to relinquish some confidentiality.

There will be no conflict of interest between her role as ombudsperson and University counsel, Jackson emphasizes. In her new role, she'll recuse herself from from acting as University counsel on proceedings relating to women's climate or those in which she has served as ombudsperson. Those issues will be referred to UW System legal counsel.

Jackson predicts that a University ombudsperson can prevent many issues from reaching the point of legal action. "As ombudsperson, I can be proactive, rather than being reactive as an attorney," she says.

Jackson also expects that serving as the central resource for women's issues will enable her to look across the institution and discover issues that may be broader than conflicts between individuals. "I'll be able to define issues," she says "Some things may reflect University issues."

Jackson came to UW-Green Bay from the Milwaukee firm of Foley & Lardner where she was an employee benefits associate, following a stint as a litigation associate. She completed a human resource management major at Syracuse University where she completed a bachelor's degree in business administration. Jackson earned a Master of Public Administration, with honors, at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and a J.D. degree, with honors, at UW-Madison Law School.

GREEN BAY -- "The Little Town That Could: Green Bay's Survival in the Early National Football League, 1921-1940," is the topic of a lecture at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 in the Christie Theater located in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The speaker is Craig Coenen, a 1992 UW-Green Bay graduate who recently completed his Ph.D. in American History at Lehigh University. His lecture is based on research completed for his Ph.D. dissertation. Coenen majored in history at UW-Green Bay and completed a minor in social change and development.

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

GREEN BAY -- "After the Attack," a series of community forums, is an opportunity for the community to learn and talk about issues raised by the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and their aftermath. The free forums will be at 7 p.m. on three Tuesdays - October 9, 16 and 23 - at Green Bay West High School.

Each forum features presentations by expert panelists and audience discussion.

Forum topics and presenters are:

Tuesday, Oct. 9: Historical Perspectives
"America's Involvement in the Middle East," Prof. Robert Kramer, history, St. Norbert College.
"Who are the Arabs, and Who They are Not," Alem Asres, director, institutional and racial diversity, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College.
"America in the World," Prof. Craig Lockard, social change and development, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Prof. David Coury, humanistic studies, UW-Green Bay, will moderate.

Tuesday, Oct. 16: The National Response: Military, Security, Civil Liberties
"The Ethical Response," Prof. Derek Jeffreys, humanistic studies, UW-Green Bay.
"The Military Response," Joseph Tullbane, director, Center for International Education, St. Norbert College.
"Security and Civil Liberties," April Barker, attorney-at-law, Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C.
Ken Bukowski, Brown County Corporation counsel, is the moderator.

Tuesday, Oct. 23: Response from Our Community Leaders
Rabbi Sidney Vineburg, Cnesses Israel Congregation.
Sr. Sally Ann Brickner, director, Peace and Justice Center, St. Norbert College.
A Muslim representative, to be confirmed.
Juliet Cole, assistant to the director, Partnership for Learning, UW-Green Bay, will moderate.

Those interested in the issues also are invited to attend the free Green Bay Film Society showing at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 31 of Earth (India, 1998) at the Neville Public Museum. Set in Pakistan, the film tells the story of a young Parsee girl and her friends, both Muslim and Hindu, and how they struggle to maintain friendships as politics and religion come into conflict.

"After the Attack" is sponsored by the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay. Information about the series is available by calling (920) 465-2642 or (800) 892-2118 or by e-mail to mcclureb@uwgb.edu.

GREEN BAY -- Chamber Music in Green Bay begins its second season with a concert by Duo Pegasus at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Duo Pegasus members are Scott Wright, clarinet, and Linda Halloin, piano. Their program provides a musical "tour" through the twentieth century.

Wright has been a member of the UW-Green Bay faculty since 1997. He has performed with numerous ensembles and is active as a soloist, clinician, adjudicator and conductor throughout the United States. He has twice been a featured soloist at International Clarinet Association annual conferences. In November, Wright will spend a week recording and performing at Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Performing Arts Center in Richmond, Virginia, with an orchestra being assembled by folk musician Arlo Guthrie. The recording and concerts will celebrate American composers including Copeland, Bernstein, Gershwin, and others. Wright's Doctor of Musical Arts degree in clarinet performance is from Arizona State University.

Halloin received a Bachelor of Music degree at UW-Green Bay where she was a student of Arthur Cohrs. She won a graduate fellowship and a teaching assistantship while earning a Master of Music degree in piano performance at UW-Milwaukee. Prior to returning to Green Bay, Halloin was on the staff of Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. In the past several years, she has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in many recitals throughout the Midwest and in Germany, Poland, and Ukraine.

The Duo will open the program with a 1910 composition by Claude Debussy, "Premiere Rhapsodie." They also will perform "Phantasy Suite," by English composer Thomas Dunhill, and "Sonatina," by Czech composer Bohnslav Martinu. The pair will be joined by flutist Nancy Collins on American composer Alec Wilder's "Suite for Flute, Clarinet and Piano.

Wright will perform two unaccompanied pieces, "Three Pieces," by Igor Stravinsky, and "Three Studies on Flight," by American composer Russell Riepe.

Wright initiated the Chamber Music in Green Bay series in fall 2000.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students. Proceeds go toward scholarships for UW-Green Bay music students. The number for tickets is (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.