September 2002

'After the Attack' public forum series launches Oct. 1

GREEN BAY -- "Setting the Stage: September Eleventh's Impact on Democracy," the first in a series of public forums examining democracy and citizenship a year after 9/11, is at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Brown County Library, 515 Pine St.

Forums in the series, "After the Attack: Our Democracy a Year Later," continue at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in October at the Library. Admission is free. First Northern Savings Bank is providing free parking across the street.

At the first program, Prof. Mark Everingham, of the Social Change and Development and Political Science faculties at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and Prof. Gratzia Smeall, of the international studies area at St. Norbert College, will collaborate to set the framework for the entire series, and lead the discussion. Both have expertise in world politics.

The two-hour session will allow ample time for discussion and participation, according to Jan Thornton, UW-Green Bay director of Outreach and Extension, and one of the series organizers.

The series is sponsored by St. Norbert College, the Brown County Library, University of Wisconsin-Extension, and, at UW-Green Bay, the Office of Outreach and Extension, Institute for Learning in Retirement, and academic programs in Humanistic Studies and Social Change and Development.

Remaining forums are:

Oct. 8 — Historical Perspectives: Why Do They Hate Us So Much?
Oct. 15 — Love of Country: Nationalism versus Patriotism
Oct. 22 — The Media: How Does It Shape Our Understanding?
Oct. 29 — The "War on Terrorism": How Is It Going?

(02-183 / 30 September 2002 / VCD)

Educator Robert Fried will speak at Partnership for Learning conference

GREEN BAY - Author and educator Robert Fried will lead a celebration of teaching and learning as the keynote speaker at the Institute for Learning Partnership's fourth annual Fall Conference, October 17, 2002 in the Phoenix Room in the University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. Fried's address is at 7 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Reservations are encouraged. Previous conferences, featuring nationally known education advocates Alfie Kohn and Kati Haycock, drew capacity crowds. The conference is an opportunity for educators and the general public to discuss educational progress being made in Northeastern Wisconsin.

Fried's keynote will focus on what teachers, parents and students can do to nurture, sustain, or re-ignite the passion for learning in children and young adults.

His books, "The Passionate Teacher: A Practical Guide," and "The Passionate Learner: Engaging All Our Children in the Power of Discovery," have inspired and reinvigorated educators nationwide.

"I maintain that the promise of limitless potential through learning is a renewable warranty," he said in an October 2001 article in "Phi Delta Kappan." "It is a matter not just of cherishing the naive zest of the young child, but also reigniting the fire for learning at any state of a young person's life."

In addition to the keynote, Fried will demonstrate his best practices at Green Bay's Washington Middle School, for teachers and pre-service teachers on Friday, October 18.

Present students in the Master's for Applied Leadership for Teaching and Learning program and the Professional Development Certificate program, and others, will display their research in a "Showcase of Educators," before and after the keynote address.

Interim Institute Director John Crubaugh says the conference celebrates teaching.

"Too often those in the education field get caught up in standards and assessments, expectations, discipline, budget cuts and other issues," says Crubaugh. "Now is the time to celebrate the reason we entered this profession - because good teaching matters."

A reservation form for the keynote address and the showcase of educators can be obtained by calling the Institute for Learning Partnership at (920) 465-5555.

The Institute for Learning Partnership is a collaborative effort for improved teaching and learning in Northeastern Wisconsin. Its partners include the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, the 37 school districts of CESA 7 and the 26 school districts of CESA 8, teachers, education unions and associations, business and civic leaders, and school boards.

(02-184 / 24 September 2002 / VCD)

Chancellor Shepard's inaugural address stresses togetherness

GREEN BAY -- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard emphasized togetherness and community support during his inauguration Friday (September 20) as UW-Green Bay's fourth chancellor.

In his inaugural address, Shepard stressed the theme of the University's weeklong celebration leading up to his installation as Chancellor: Creating Our Future Together.

"Creating the future is our calling," he said. "At UWGB, it is together that we will be creating our future."

Shepard was installed as chancellor during a two-hour ceremony Friday afternoon at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. He and his wife, Cyndie, greeted well-wishers at a reception immediately following the ceremony.

The installation ceremony featured the traditional pomp and circumstance and many examples of the strong connections between campus and community.

The Chancellor reminded the audience that one year ago, when he was a guest of the University, he stressed that "communities support universities that support communities."

"I now confidently know that we are that university," he said. "And this is that supportive community."

Shepard also said faculty, staff, students and university leadership are together as a campus community. "Each of us has critical contributions to make; each has ideas worthy of thoughtful attention; each of us should know that we can make a difference," he said.

In introducing Shepard, UW System President Katharine Lyall said UW-Green Bay is repositioning itself to grow and connect with the community to become a new 21st century university.

Lyall said leading change is a challenging assignment. But Shepard, she said, understands the challenges UW-Green Bay faces.

"He knows how to listen and assimilate what he hears," Lyall said. "He can translate university values to the community, and community goals and needs to the university."

Board of Regents President Guy Gottschalk, Wisconsin Secretary of Workforce Development Jennifer Alexander (who brought greetings from Gov. Scott McCallum), Green Bay Mayor Paul Jadin, founding UW-Green Bay Chancellor Edward Weidner and UW-Green Bay faculty, staff, students and alumni also participated in the inauguration ceremony.

Shepard has been UW-Green Bay chancellor since Nov. 1, 2001. He came to Green Bay from Eastern Oregon University where he served as provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Shepard is the fourth chancellor in UW-Green Bay's history. He was preceded by Edward W. Weidner (1966-86), David L. Outcalt (1986-93) and Mark L. Perkins (1994-2001).

The installation ceremony Friday concluded a week of activities on the UW-Green Bay campus that focused on community service, open houses and a commitment to academic freedom.

(02-182 / 20 September 2002 / SH)

Army journalist will speak on Pentagon attack experience at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY -- Master Sgt. Jon Connor, who had a narrow escape on Sept. 11, 2001, when a terrorist-piloted plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., will talk about his experience at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24 in the Christie Theater at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. Christie Theater is located in the University Union.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Connor is the newspaper program chief in the Office of Chief of Public Affairs. He has been an Army journalist for more than 15 years. He has had numerous assignments on newspapers in military communities, including a stint as a reporter for the European edition of the "Stars and Stripes." He presently gives guidance to Army publications worldwide, and runs programs aimed at improving Army journalism.

Connor is a Wisconsin native who graduated from Antigo High School, and earned a journalism degree from UW-Milwaukee. He had various internships in radio and television while he was a student. Before joining the Army, Connor was weekend anchor at the NBC-affiliate television station in Rhinelander.

Connor's presentation in Green Bay is coordinated by the Public Relations Society, a UW-Green Bay student organization, and "The Fourth Estate," the student newspaper. Information is available by calling (920) 465-2405.

(02-181 / 19 September 2002 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay workshop will teach use of GPS technology, maps

GREEN BAY-"Using Topographic Maps and Global Positioning Systems," is the topic of a free public workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, located in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, suite 212 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Mike Stiefvater, a former engineer who is pursuing a master's degree in Environmental Science and Policy at UW-Green Bay, will instruct the class. Stiefvater has expertise and extensive experience in Global Positioning Sytems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS) technology.

Steifvater says the workshop will focus on using GPS technology to record features such as unmapped property boundaries, trails, streams, terrain features, plant and animal populations, and other information that users want to record on maps.

GPS is a government-sponsored navigation system that uses specialized radio receivers that calculate their position from signals broadcast by NAVSTAR satellites. The technology is used for a wide range of applications, from mapping wilderness to assisting law enforcement.

Stiefvater will teach GPS basics, and also discuss government mapping programs, especially U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps. After the classroom session, workshop participants will go outdoors for a field exercise in the Cofrin Arboretum. Those who have GPS units may bring them, but several units will be available for class use.

Stiefvater works often with local conservation groups, helping them to incorporate computer-based technologies into their biological inventory and conservation planning projects. He has worked with The Nature Conservancy, The Ridges Sanctuary, the Door County Land Trust, and other organizations. For his master's degree project at UW-Green Bay, Stiefvater will model the hydrology of a large wetland preserve in Door County.

The workshop is the second in a new series of free public workshops sponsored by the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity at UW-Green Bay. The workshops are aimed toward educators, students, and others with a keen interest in nature.

The next workshop on Jan. 18, 2003, is "Wisconsin's Owls." The series began in August with a workshop on spiders.

Information is available on the World Wide Web at www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/, or by calling (920) 465-5032.

(02-180 / 19 September 2002 / VCD)

October forum series looks at democracy a year after 9/11

GREEN BAY -- "After the Attack: Our Democracy a Year Later," a series of public forums to examine democracy and citizenship in the U.S. after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on New York and Washington D.C., begins Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Brown County Library, 515 Pine St., and continues each Tuesday through October. Sessions are from 7 to 9 p.m.

Admission to the forums is free. First Northern Savings Bank is providing free parking across the street from the Library.

"A year later, there are still many things to discuss, perspectives to understand, and connections to be made," says Jan Thornton, director of the Office of Outreach and Extension at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, an organizer of the program.

Thornton says each evening's topic will be introduced by a panel of experts, but plenty of time will be allotted for audience discussion. "All of us are profoundly affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and continue to be affected," she adds. "This is an opportunity to share our thoughts a year later."

The series is sponsored by St. Norbert College, the Brown County Library, University of Wisconsin-Extension, and, at UW-Green Bay, the Office of Outreach and Extension, Institute for Learning in Retirement, and academic programs in Humanistic Studies and Social Change and Development.

Topics for each evening and panelists are:

OCTOBER 1
Setting the Stage: September Eleventh's Impact on Democracy
Mark Everingham, associate professor of Social Change and Development and Political Science, and Gratzia Smeall, professor of international studies at St. Norbert College, will collaborate to set the framework for the entire series and lead the discussion.

OCTOBER 8
Historical Perspectives: Why Do They Hate Us So Much?
Middle East experts and professors of history Bob Kramer, St. Norbert College, and Michael Chamberlain, UW-Madison, will be the panelists. David Coury, associate professor of Humanistic Studies at UW-Green Bay, will moderate.

OCTOBER 15
Love of Country: Nationalism versus Patriotism
Speakers include Francis Carleton, associate professor of Urban and Regional Studies and Political Science at UW-Green Bay and constitutional law expert; Jennifer Carleton, senior staff lawyer for the Oneida Nation; Cristina Ortiz, director of international education and associate professor of Humanistic Studies at UW-Green Bay; and Ken Bukowski, Brown Ccounty Corporation Counsel. Bukowski also will moderate.

OCTOBER 22
The Media: How Does It Shape Our Understanding?
Judy Smith, assistant professor of communications, media and theater at St. Norbert College; Connie Walker, Madison, news director for Wisconsin Public Radio; and Carol Hunter, editor of the "Green Bay Press-Gazette," are the panelists. Everingham will moderate.

OCTOBER 29
The War on Terrorism: How Is It Going?
Panelists are Martin Greenberg, UW-Green Bay professor emeritus of Urban and Regional Studies and Political Science; Derek Jeffreys, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies (religious studies) at UW-Green Bay; Ray Greco, FBI senior resident agent in Green Bay; Joseph Tullbane, director of the St. Norbert College Center for International Education; and two officers from Fort McCoy, Lt. Col. Timothy Corrigan, command judge advocate, and Col. Michael Staszak, installation commander. Tullbane will moderate.

Planners for the series included Bukowski, Coury, Everingham, Thornton, and Tullbane, along with Dorothy Maki and Betty Brown of UW-Green Bay Learning in Retirement, and Barbara McClure-Lukens, of the UW-Green Bay Office of Outreach and Extension.

UW-Green Bay's Office of Outreach and Extension organized "After the Attack," a fall 2001 series of public forums examining issues immediately after the 9/11 attacks.

Information on the 2002 series beginning October 1 is available on the World Wide Web at www.uwgb.edu/outreach, or by calling (920) 465-2641.

(02-179 / 19 September 2002 / VCD)

International film series launches third season at Neville

GREEN BAY -- Green Bay Film Society begins the third season of its international film series on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, 210 Museum Place.

Contemporary films from Europe, South America, Japan and the Caribbean are on the schedule through mid-December. Two films from Germany, "23" and "Life is a Construction Site," are Wisconsin premieres.

All showings are at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Neville Museum. The programs are open to the public, and admission is free.

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Prof. David Coury, who founded the series, is optimistic about its future. "Last year we had record attendance and the number of members and donations have continued to grow," he says. The 2002-2003 season is the Society's first as an "official" nonprofit organization.

St. Norbert College has joined UW-Green Bay and the Neville Public Museum in sponsoring the series. Coury says he welcomes participation of another institution, adding, "I'm most pleased by the interaction between faculty and students from areas universities and colleges, the Neville Museum, and the Film Society, which is now a nonprofit community arts organization."

Films scheduled through December are:

Oct. 2: 23 (Germany, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid) Based on a true story, this mysterious film involves conspiracy theories, computer hackers, and the KGB. Coury will be the presenter.

Oct. 16: Son of the Bride (Argentina, directed by Juan Josˇ Campanella) The comedy about a man suffering mid-life crisis was nominated for an Academy Award. Miriam Serrani de Liborio, UW-Green Bay, is the presenter.

Nov. 6: Life and Debt (USA/Jamaica, directed by Stephanie Black) An award-winning documentary that shows how policies of globalization and free trade have affected indigenous ways of life. Prof. Mark Everingham of UW-Green Bay, will be the presenter.

Nov. 20: The Gleaners and I (France, directed by Agnes Varda) The acclaimed 2001 documentary is about people who find uses for what society has discarded. UW-Green Bay Prof. Carol Emmons will present the film.

Dec. 4: Life is a Construction Site (Germany, directed by Wolfgang Becker) The film is about the city of Berlin as well as the characters whose story it tells. Jennifer Ham, associate professor at UW-Green Bay, is the presenter.

Dec. 18: Afterlife (Japan, directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu) The 1999 film is set at a way station between earth and heaven. Prof. Fumiko Fukata, UW-Oshkosh, will be the presenter.

Films booked for the spring season will be announced early in 2003. Information about the Green Bay Film Society and the film series is available on the World Wide Web at www.uwgb.edu/gbfilm/.

(02-178 / 19 September 2002 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay opens classroom doors to community Thursday

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will reach out to the community Thursday (Sept. 19) through a daylong open house on the UW-Green Bay campus.

Visitors are invited to attend classes across campus, including featured classes in larger classrooms and lecture halls. The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, which combines a number of outstanding natural science resources for students, faculty and the people of Northeastern Wisconsin, also will have an open house.

The campuswide open house is part of the University's celebration "Creating Our Future Together," which culminates Friday afternoon with the inauguration of Bruce Shepard as UW-Green Bay's fourth chancellor.

Handouts listing Thursday's activities and featured classes and campus maps will be available to visitors at the main entrance to Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, the University Information Center in the University Union and the Parking Office on Main Entrance Drive.

In addition to the open house, activities on the UW-Green Bay campus Thursday include:

• The Unveiling and Dedication of the "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque celebrating the University's commitment to academic freedom. The dedication is at 9 a.m. at the plaza area southeast of David A. Cofrin Library.

• The first lecture in the UW-Green Bay "Oxford Lecture Series." Prof. Derek Jeffreys will present a lecture entitled "Is It Safe to Bet on God? Pascal's Wager." The lecture for students and the community is from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, Room 105.

• A faculty debate on the "Value of General Education in the Intellectual and Moral Development of University Students." The debate is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in John M. Rose Hall, Room 250.

(02-177 / 18 September 2002 / SH)

UW-Green Bay announces 2002-2003 theater season

GREEN BAY -- An American classic, the musical that launched Bernadette Peters to stardom, a play so new it was only copyrighted last year, and a work by British playwright Tom Stoppard that has been dubbed "a crash course on the modern age," are on the venue for the 2002-2003 theater season at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

"It's a season that offers a good range of plays for the audiences and for the theater students who present the plays," says Laura Riddle, UW-Green Bay chairperson of theater.

"Our Town," the Thornton Wilder classic that won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, opens the season. "It's a celebration of simple, universal values and truths," says John Mariano, of the play that has had thousands of performances in every possible venue since its 1938 opening. Mariano, a member of the UW-Green Bay faculty, will direct.

The play opens on Oct. 17 for a seven-performance run. "Our Town" will be presented in the 100-seat Studio Two of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. "It will be an intimate retelling of an American classic," says Mariano.

"Our Town" fills the bill for the Theater Department's annual production of a classic, and also, because it has a large cast, offers a lot of opportunities for actors, say Riddle and Mariano. UW-Green Bay has more than 80 theater majors, a significant increase over the course of the past decade.

"Dames at Sea," the vehicle that launched Bernadette Peters, follows, opening on Nov. 15. Riddle will direct, along with John Plier of the UW-Green Bay music faculty.

"Absolutely charming," says Riddle, of the musical, noting that she spent a lot of time over the summer watching film musicals of the 1930s in preparation for directing it. The 1960s musical play is a tribute to those movies, particularly the film version of "42nd Street." Says Riddle, "To a contemporary audience, it presents a very na•ve view of life, but it's meant to appreciate those values, rather than make fun of them." "Dames at Sea" isn't an "extravagant" musical as the later stage version of "42nd Street" would become, but is "distilled down to an essence of the 1930s musical film," adds Riddle.

Peninsula Players presented "Dames at Sea" during the past summer, and the musical was performed not long ago in Milwaukee.

A new drama based on women's struggle to gain acceptance into the space program opens on Feb. 28, 2003. "Flyer," by Kate Aspengren, was only copyrighted in 2001. The lead character is based on the 13 women who passed rigorous NASA testing in the 1960s for the space program, yet were never allowed to become astronauts. The heroine's inspiration is Bessie Coleman, a real woman who earned a pilot's license in the early part of the 20th century, the first African-American woman to do so.

"I'm so excited about this project," says Riddle, who will direct. She explains that UW-Green Bay is an appropriate venue, because it's the lead institution in the NASA-supported Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, and that the timing is right, because the play opens just before Women's History Month in March.

Mariano will direct Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia," the season's final production, opening on April 25, 2003. Stoppard has achieved renown as a playwright, and shared an Academy Award for best original screenplay in 1998 for "Shakespeare in Love." UW-Green Bay presented his "The Real Inspector Hound" in fall 2000.

Part of "Arcadia" is set in 1809 and part is in the present. Like many Stoppard scripts, "Arcadia" has a lot of layers, says Mariano, noting that it is about several things: the tension between romanticism and rationalism, mathematics, and, not least, sex. "It's funny, the characters are fascinating, and there's a mystery at the core that really keeps you going," he adds.

Here's the schedule for UW-Green Bay theater productions for 2002-2003. All performances are on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Our Town, by Thornton Wilder Directed by John Mariano
Oct. 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26
7:30 p.m.
Studio Two, Weidner Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: $12 in advance/$15 at the door
Seniors and under age 17: $10 in advance/$12 at the door
UW-Green Bay students: $8

Dames at Sea, a musical comedy by George Haimsohn, Robin Miller and Jim Wise
Directed by Laura Riddle; musical direction by John Plier
Choreography by Denise Carlson-Gardner
Nov. 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
7:30 p.m.
University Theater, Theater Hall
Tickets: $17 in advance/$20 at the door
Seniors and under age 17: $12 in advance/$15 at the door
UW-Green Bay students: $10

Flyer, by Kate Aspengren
Directed by Laura Riddle
Feb. 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8
7:30 p.m.
University Theater, Theater Hall
Tickets: $12 in advance/$15 at the door
Seniors and under age 17: $10 in advance/$12 at the door
UW-Green Bay students: $8

Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard
Directed by John Mariano
April 25, 26, May 1, 2, 3
7:30 p.m.
University Theater, Theater Hall
Tickets: $12 in advance/$15 at the door
Seniors and under age 17: $10 in advance/$12 at the door
UW-Green Bay students: $8

The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

UW-Green Bay offers ticket price breaks for theater season

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theater Department is offering season tickets at reduced rates for its four major productions of 2002-2003, according to Laura Riddle, chairperson of theater.

The four productions are "Our Town," beginning Oct. 17 in Studio Two of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts; and "Dames at Sea," beginning Nov. 15, "Flyer," beginning Feb. 28, 2003, and "Arcadia," beginning April 25, 2003, all in University Theater, located in Theater Hall.

Season tickets for the four shows are:

$40-regular admission (savings of $13)
$30-seniors and under age 17 (savings of $12)
$25-UW-Green Bay students (savings of $9)

Season tickets are available through Oct. 26.

The numbers for ticket information are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

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Labor historian will speak Sept. 23 at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY -- H. Shelton Stromquist, a labor historian of the U.S. progressive era, will speak on "It Did Happen Here! U.S. Municipal Labor and Socialist Politics in Comparative Perspective," at 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 23 in the Christie Theater at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The Theater is located in the University Union.

Stromquist's books include "A Generation of Boomers: The Pattern of Railroad Labor Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America," "Solidarity and Survival: An Oral history of Iowa Labor in the Twentieth Century," and "Unionizing the 'Jungles': Essays on Labor and Community in the Twentieth-Century Meatpacking Industry."

Stromquist is a professor of history and past chair of the department at the University of Iowa where he won the University of Iowa Global Scholar Award for 2002-2004.

Prior to joining the faculty at Iowa in 1982, Stromquist was coordinator of the Office of Local History for the Wisconsin State Historical Society.

The lecture is the first in the 2002-2003 Historical Perspectives Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for History and Social Change at UW-Green Bay.

(02-175 / 17 September 2002 / VCD)

'Ethics and the War on Terrorism' discussions conclude Wednesday at Public Library

GREEN BAY -- "Peace and Reconciliation" is the topic of the final public discussion in the series, "Ethics and the War on Terrorism" from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the Brown County Public Library, 515 Pine St. Admission is free.

Panelists include Sr. Sally Ann Brickner, Peace and Justice Center at St. Norbert College; Diane Legomsky, Community Mediation Center; and John Nemick, Green Bay Tara Sangha (Zen Buddhist). The audience will be invited to join in the discussion.

Previous panels focused on "Critique of Violence," and "Justice and War."

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Fiala, Humanistic Studies, organized the series to coincide with the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. He received support from the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

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'Ethics and the War on Terrorism' public discussions continue Wednesday at Public Library

GREEN BAY -- The second in a series of three public discussions on "Ethics and the War on Terrorism" is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the Brown County Public Library, 515 Pine St. Admission is free.

"Justice and War" is the topic of Wednesday's panel, and panelists are Prof. David Chan, UW-Stevens Point, and Professors Derek Jeffreys and Hye-Kyung Kim, both of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The audience will be invited to join in the discussion.

The final panel, "Peace and Reconciliation," is scheduled for Oct. 2. The first session on Sept. 4 dealt with a critique of violence.

UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Fiala, Humanistic Studies, organized the series to coincide with the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. He received support from the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

(02-173 / 16 September 2002 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Inauguration Week to feature community service projects

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students will reach out to the community through numerous service projects during the University's "Creating Our Future Together" celebration.

The projects during the week of Sept 16-20 will include a Habitat for Humanity garage build and a Circle K community service group card-making project for residents of ManorCare Nursing Home.

The activities are part of a weeklong celebration of UW-Green Bay and the inauguration of Bruce Shepard as the University's fourth chancellor. Events will showcase UW-Green Bay students, faculty and staff, history and commitment to the community.

The Habitat for Humanity garage build will take place throughout the day Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the main entrance to Mary Ann Cofrin Hall.

Materials for the build have been provided through a fund-raising effort by UW-Green Bay's Habitat for Humanity chapter. The garage being built will be stored and then added to a home-building project for a family in the Green Bay area next spring.

The home-building project will be a "youth build" involving UW-Green Bay students and additional volunteers from St. Norbert College, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, area high schools and area youth organizations.

The Circle K student community service organization is coordinating the card-making project for ManorCare residents. The goal is to create cards and messages for all residents of the nursing home.

Card-making materials will be provided for students at a booth in the UW-Green Bay Student Services Building on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and at Org Smorg 2002 on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Org Smorg, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the University Union, is an opportunity for students to learn more about and get involved in student organizations.

Students will have additional opportunities to support their community and campus. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, students are invited to help with the Cofrin Arboretum "Spruce Up for the Future" project. Participants will meet at 3 p.m. at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity to assist with fence-building and invasive plant control at the popular arboretum.

In addition, the UW-Green Bay Student Government Association will take pledges at Org Smorg for the American Heart Association "Heart Walk" scheduled for Sept. 21 at NWTC. SGA also will assist the UW-Green Bay Office of Student Life in the "Food for Fido and Fifi" fund-raising campaign for the Bay Area Humane Society.

For a complete list of Inauguration Week activities and other information about the "Creating Our Future Together" celebration, visit the Inauguration Web site at www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/creating.

(02-172 / 13 September 2002 / SH)

UW-Green Bay Social Work program gets second-year funding for aging project

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's Social Work Professional Program has been selected for a second year of funding to help prepare students to improve the care of the rapidly growing older population.

The UW-Green Bay program is one of 67 outstanding social work education programs chosen for the second year of funding by the John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Enrichment in Social Work Education Project.

The second-year grant of $30,000 will provide additional opportunities for innovative learning experiences in social work to improve the care and well-being of older adults and their families.

Doreen Higgins, a lecturer in Social Work at UW-Green Bay, said there is a growing need for social workers well-prepared on aging issues. She said many graduating social workers will find jobs in which they provide services to the aging population.

Higgins said the program "goes beyond the walls of the University" because of its involvement with community agencies, programs and resources. She also said social workers with knowledge and experience in working with the aging population will have a long-term effect on the community.

"We hope to have a positive impact on the community with the use of these funds," Higgins said.

UW-Green Bay's Social Work Professional Program was awarded a planning grant of $30,000 in the first year of the aging program. The focus of the second-year funding is implementation of geriatric content in social work courses and other learning experiences. The University provides matching funds of $10,000 in each of the two years.

Through inclusion of aging content in all upper-level Social Work courses, students will gain a greater understanding of a variety of aging issues, including myths about aging, ethics and values, working with at-risk populations and inter-generational issues.

The Hartford Foundation has committed almost $23 million nationwide in the effort to educate social workers on aging issues and to improve the quality of lives of older adults and their families.

(02-171 / 12 September 2002 / SH)

UW-Green Bay genealogy workshop is moved to spring dates

GREEN BAY -- "Ancestral Pursuit V," a genealogy workshop originally scheduled for Sept. 20 and 21 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, has been postponed to Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, 2003. Detailed information will be circulated well in advance of the new dates. Workshop sessions will be at the Ecumenical Center and University Union at UW-Green Bay as previously planned.

The Ancestral Pursuit series was founded in 1993, and workshops typically are presented every other year. Ancestral Pursuit is sponsored by the UW-Green Bay Area Research Center (ARC) of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, and the Friends of the Cofrin Library at UW-Green Bay.

(02-170 / 10 September 2002 / VCD)

Kenny Werner Trio returns to UW-Green Bay on Sept. 19

GREEN BAY -- Jazz pianist Kenny Werner brings his trio to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 in University Theater, located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The group sold out when they performed in April 2001 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, so the return visit has been booked into the larger University Theater, says UW-Green Bay Director of Jazz Studies John Salerno. The performance is Werner's fourth at UW-Green Bay. He 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 relatively new trio are Johannes Weidenmueller, bass, and Ari Hoenig, drums.

A pianist, composer, author, and teacher, Werner has more than 60 recordings to his credit. He has performed and recorded as a leader and as a sideman with a "Who's Who" list of musicians. For more than a dozen years, Werner has been conducting clinics on the mental, spiritual and emotional struggle that musicians face in the process of doing their art. His 1997 book, "Effortless Mastery, Liberating the Master Musician Within," has been influential for professional musicians and for students.

Werner was a prodigy who made his first recording with an orchestra at age 11. He has taught at the New School in New York, and has received four National Endowment for the Arts Awards. One of the awards supported a composition of a piano concerto dedicated to Duke Ellington.

After making his first recording with Hoenig and Weidenmueller in a Paris jazz club in late 2000, Werner declared that he'll never do another trio recording in the studio. "A studio recording just doesn't tell the story of the kind of great things that happen spontaneously on the bandstand when we have the resonance of people listening and watching," he said.

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. Weidenmueller began studying classical bass at a conservatory in Germany and moved to New York to study less than a dozen years ago. He has won two European Jazz Artist awards.

Hoenig took up the drums after first playing violin and piano. Since finishing his studies at the University of North Texas, he has appeared in concert as part of several other trios, and with a list of other musicians. A native of Philadelphia, he presently lives in New York where he performs with emerging artists and recognized musicians. His first CD of solo drumming is entitled, "Time Travels."

The Kenny Werner Trio is sponsored by UW-Green Bay's academic program in Music, the student Jazz Society, and Good Times, a student programming board.

General admission tickets are $8. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

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Open house, community service, plaque dedication to highlight UW-Green Bay Inauguration Week

Activities during the week of Sept. 16-20 will showcase the University's students, faculty and staff, history and commitment to the community. The celebration culminates Friday, Sept. 20 with the installation of Bruce Shepard as UW-Green Bay's fourth chancellor.

In addition to the formal installation ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 20, on-campus events during the week include:

• A campus open house throughout the day Thursday, Sept. 19. Visitors are invited to attend classes across campus, including featured classes in larger classrooms and lecture halls.

• The dedication and unveiling of the "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque celebrating the University's commitment to academic freedom. The words on the plaque, written in 1894, expressed the University of Wisconsin's unwavering support for academic freedom. The dedication will be at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 at the plaza area southeast of the David A. Cofrin Library.

• UW-Green Bay student community service projects, including a Habitat for Humanity garage build and card-making for residents of the Manor Care Nursing Home by the Circle K student community service group.

• An open house at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, which combines a number of outstanding natural science resources for students, faculty and the people of Northeastern Wisconsin. The open house will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19.

• Campus archival displays in the lobby of the David A. Cofrin Library and a discussion on "little-known stories" from UW-Green Bay's history. The discussion, sponsored by the Friends of the Cofrin Library, will take place in the Niagara A Room of the University Union at noon Wednesday, Sept. 18.

• The UW-Green Bay Men's Soccer game against in-state rival UW-Madison at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Phoenix Field.

UW-Green Bay faculty member David Littig said community members who visit the campus during Inauguration Week will discover a rich array of courses, academic programs and activities. Littig is the faculty representative on the Chancellor's Inauguration Committee.

"The University is open and embraces the community," he said. "We will be very proud to have you come and visit us."

Shepard will be formally installed as UW-Green Bay Chancellor in a public ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. The public also is invited to a reception immediately following the installation ceremony in the Weidner Center Grand Foyer.

For a complete list of Inauguration Week activities and other information about the celebration, visit the Inauguration Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/creating/.

(02-168 / 10 September 2002 / SH)

Artist's response to 9/11 goes on exhibit in 407 Gallery

GREEN BAY -- "September 13 - November 2001: a Portfolio of Drawings on Paper," by artist Jeanne Houle Peters, goes on exhibit Monday, Sept. 9 in the 407 Gallery, located in Studio Arts building, room 407 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The artwork will be on display for the week.

The exhibit includes more than 120 drawings in crayon and chalk that were the artist's intimate and spontaneous response to the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and its aftermath, says UW-Green Bay Curator of Art Stephen Perkins. The works are based on television coverage, and charts the unfolding of the historic event as it was represented through that medium. "It's very much a gut-level sort of thing," notes Perkins.

Houle, a native of Fond du Lac, is a student in the Master of Fine Arts program in painting at UW-Madison.

The 407 Gallery is open when classes meet in the building, typically from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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Airport security director will talk on homeland security at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY -- Trace Paulson, director of Public Safety for Austin Straubel Airport, will speak at a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay class session on homeland security at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 10 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall room 105 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Prof. Troy Abel is inviting the public to the Introduction to Public Administration class that will be discussing homeland security in our own immediate "homeland," and considering public service and those who work as public servants. Students will read in advance a short column by faculty members in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University that reflects on the public servants who performed on Sept. 11, 2001, and on public service in general. The column is available on the World Wide Web at www.aspanet.org/publications/COLUMNS/archives/2001/Sep/denhardts0913.html.

"The session will focus on the public service response to Sept. 11, and allow interaction with a public administrator who is actually implementing the central programs of our evolving homeland security policies," says Abel.

Paulson has a 22-year history in public safety at Austin Straubel Airport and has been director of public safety for five years. He also is an on-call officer for the city of Seymour.

Mary Ann Cofrin Hall at UW-Green Bay can be easily reached by taking Highways 54-57 to the Bay Settlement Road campus entrance, and following signs.

(02-167 / 6 September 2002 / VCD)

Midwest Photography exhibit opens Sept. 12 at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-The work of 26 artists who use photographic processes to make images goes on exhibit Thursday, Sept. 12 in the Lawton Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The Midwest Photography Invitational XII opens with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Guest Curator Jerry Dell will give a gallery talk at 5 p.m. Dell, a professor of Communication and the Arts and a photographer, originated the every-other-year exhibit in 1980.

The 62 works in the exhibit range from traditional silver prints to computer-constructed images printed on ink jet printers, and from "straight" color images to hand-colored photographs enhanced with beads and spangles. The artists are from all parts of the country.

"When we started in 1980, color photography was the 'last new thing'," says Dell. "Today, the 'last new thing' is digital imaging. In each Invitational we've seen increasingly sophisticated artists using rapidly advancing digital technology."

Curator of Art Stephen Perkins notes that the exhibit series, in its 22-year history, has presented the work of hundreds of artists, "all of whom have expanded the boundaries of the medium." He adds, "This Invitational continues its historic mission to be a touchstone for new developments in contemporary photography."

The exhibit continues at the Lawton Gallery, located in Theater Hall, through Oct. 9. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Midwest Photography Invitational XII will travel to five other locations, including:

• Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, Mich., Jan. 1-Feb. 1, 2003
• Center for the Arts and Nohr Gallery, UW-Platteville, Feb. 15-March 15, 2003
• UW-Fox Valley, Menasha, April 1-May 1, 2003
• Margaret Mear Gallery, St. Mary's University of Minnesota, Oct. 16-Nov. 14, 2003
• Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa, Jan 15-April 1, 2004

Artists in the exhibit include:

Ruth Adams, Lexington, Ky.
Bob Axel, West Hempstead, N.Y.
Bruce Cline, Cleveland, Ohio
Trudy Lee Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa.
Benjamin Espey, Fort Worth, Texas
John Fix, Green Bay, Wis.
Peter M. Griga, Cincinnati, Ohio
Susan Hogue, Columbia, S.C.
Ilan Nathan Jacobsohn, Philadelphia, Pa.
Linda G. Jensen, Savannah, Ga.
Philip Krejcarek, Dousman, Wis.
Diane Kruer, Fort Thomas, Ky.
Fran Lattanzio, Terre Haute, Ind.
James A. Linker, Bozeman, Mont.
Stephen Marc, Tempe, Ariz.
Kathleen L. McLaughlin, Willeysville, N.Y.
Jeff Murphy, Charlotte, N.C.
Ardine Nelson, Columbus, Ohio
Michael T. Schack, Florence, Ky.
John M. Seward, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Amanda Shaffer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Thomas Shirley, Chicago, Ill.
Mary Stieglitz, Cascade, Idaho
William Karl Valentine, Newport Beach, Calif.
Keith L. Waldrum, Dallas, Texas
Dan Younger, St. Louis, Mo.

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Wisconsin Space Grant program wins more funds from NASA

GREEN BAY-The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium located at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay jumped to a higher level of funding in the newest round of allocations from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

The Consortium's new grant for fiscal 2002 is $475,000, compared to just over $256,000 for the previous year. This puts the Wisconsin program in "Designated Grant" status, and means more budget and program responsibilities, says Frank Owens, director of NASA's Education Division.

"This means we'll have more money to fund the programs we already support, and that we'll be able to pursue new initiatives," says Aileen Yingst, Ph.D., director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. "It will allow us to serve more students, and fund more cooperative programs between member affiliates."

Space Grant monies support research, student scholarships and outreach projects in a wide variety of fields related to aerospace. Grants are open to educational institutions, industries, government agencies, and nonprofit associations that are consortium members. The funds are allocated competitively.

Hundreds of Wisconsin students have conducted experiments in micro-gravity, built and launched rockets, learned about aviation in summer camp settings, and engaged in other learning experiences relating to aerospace through Space Grant-funded programs.

"We'd like to use some of the additional funding to offer more large grants for cooperative projects between academic institutions and businesses," says Yingst, adding that such projects would be good for the work force, serve student learning, and result in "students who understand that they can be employed in Wisconsin when they finish their educations."

Yingst also is enthusiastic about a new student satellite initiative. Students would design their own experiments, build satellites, launch them into space or near-space, and analyze the data. Yingst says Wisconsin students could send their satellites aloft attached to weather balloons that travel to the "edge" of space, or "piggy back" with programs in other states that operate rockets to launch their satellites into earth orbit.

Wisconsin competed with 13 other state Space Grant programs for the higher level of funding, and was one of just three chosen. According to Yingst, NASA looked at the programs' past performance, management, support from the host institution, and proposals for spending the additional money. "Winning 'Designated' status means that NASA has recognized the high caliber of our Consortium through the process of peer review," adds Yingst, who before becoming director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium was with the Mars Pathfinder project and the Mars Polar Lander project at the University of Arizona, where she had a postdoctoral fellowship. Her areas of research include lunar volcanology and Martian surface composition.

NASA began the Space Grant Consortium program in 1989 to fund research, education and public service projects leading to better education in aerospace science, mathematics and technology. Programs exist in 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.

The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium formed in 1991 and presently has 24 members. They include Alverno College; Astronautics Corp. of America, Milwaukee and Madison; BioPharmaceutical Technology Corp. Institute, Madison; Carroll College; the College of the Menominee Nation; Great Lakes Spaceport Education Foundation, Inc., Sheboygan; Lawrence University; Marquette University; the Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee School of Engineering; Orbital Technologies Corp., Madison; Ripon College; Space Explorers, Inc., De Pere; the Universities of Wisconsin at, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Parkside and Whitewater; the Wisconsin Association of CESA Administrators; the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; the Wisconsin Department of Transportation; and the Wisconsin Space Business Roundtable. UW-Green Bay is the lead institution.

The Consortium moved its headquarters to UW-Green Bay in fall 2000. UW-Green Bay was one of three state institutions that bid to be the lead Consortium institution. The program previously was located at UW-Milwaukee.

(02-166 / 6 September 2002 / VCD)

Fall semester starts at UW-Green Bay with strong freshman class, increased diversity

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay opened its doors today to about 5,300 students, including the best-prepared freshman class in the University's history.

The class of new freshmen enters UW-Green Bay with an average high school grade point average of 3.37 on a 4.0 scale, the best ever for a UW-Green Bay freshman class.

More than one in five new freshmen graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes, also an historic high. That figure is expected to be one of the highest in the UW System.

UW-Green Bay also is welcoming a record number of new freshmen minority students to campus this fall. The record number of 59 is up 37 percent over fall 2001.

"Continuing student retention once again has improved, and our freshman class size has stabilized at about 900 new freshmen while the quality of the incoming freshmen continues to improve," said Steven Neiheisel, assistant dean for enrollment services. "In addition, the diversity of this year's new freshmen is greater than ever."

Preliminary enrollment estimates show UW-Green Bay with an overall enrollment of about 5,300 students this fall. That's down from about 5,500 students in fall 2001 but "right where we need to be" given the University's resources and enrollment targets, according to Neiheisel.

In order to meet UW-Green Bay's state-approved enrollment target of 4,357 full-time equivalent (FTE) students, the University reduced the number of transfer students this year by closing transfer admissions in March.

The FTE enrollment is based on the number of credits taken and is used in measuring the University's capacity. The enrollment target was established for the purpose of balancing enrollment and available resources, including adequate class sections and student services.

Final enrollment figures for fall 2002 will not be available for several weeks.

Other facts and figures about UW-Green Bay and its fall 2002 student body include:
• Ninety-seven percent of new freshmen said the institution was their first or second choice of schools.
• Students come from 70 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, 25 other states and 29 other countries.
• Female students outnumber male students by a margin of 65 percent to 35 percent.
• UW-Green Bay has 11 new instructors and assistant faculty starting this year. Eight have completed the highest degree attainable in their academic field and the remaining three currently are completing doctorate degrees.
• A new residence hall, Ed Thompson Hall, opened its doors to student tenants Sunday, Sept. 1. Ed Thompson Hall will be dedicated at a ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.
• The Master's of Management, a new graduate program, will offer an innovative, advanced study of management.

(02-163 / 3 September 2002 / SH)