April 2003

$300,000 grant to fund UW-Green Bay research on pollution disclosure

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay researchers have been awarded a major National Science Foundation grant to study how disclosure of environmental information affects community and corporate decision making.

The $300,000 three-year grant will fund the research of Michael Kraft, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Troy Abel, Assistant Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Their research project will examine whether and how the federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) spurs environmental management strategies among communities, corporations, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations.

In addition to analyzing TRI data, the researchers will examine Census Bureau data for county, city and business patterns. They also will interview corporate officials and policy-makers in selected communities and will analyze media coverage of TRI information disclosure.

Kraft said it is important to find out how the release of environmental information affects decision making and how that information is used in different communities across the nation.

"We're asking why some communities and corporations are way ahead of others in doing something about pollution reduction," he said. "We want to supply some answers."

Special attention will be paid to the characteristics of industrial firms, community leadership, the number and strength of local environmental and business organizations, variations in economic resources across communities and local attitudes that help shape civic involvement.

The TRI is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency database available to the public that contains information on toxic chemical releases reported by industry and federal facilities. The database includes information about the types and amounts of toxic chemicals released each year to the air, water and land.

The study will incorporate a new software tool created by the EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics that will allow Kraft and Abel to identify what pollution creates the most risk and whether companies are reducing those releases.

"The TRI has long been criticized because it only provides release volumes and not any risk characterization," Abel said. "Our study will add that to the analysis."

Beginning with the TRI in the late 1980s, governmental agencies have devoted substantial resources to the release of environmental information to the public. The expectation is that both community and corporate decisions will change as a result of providing the public access to the information.

Kraft said information disclosure is part of a new style of environmental policy that responded to criticism of costly, burdensome and inflexible government regulations.

The research has implications for environmental policies that are more flexible, performance-based and community-oriented.

As part of the project, the researchers will conduct case studies in 10 communities across the country. They will interview corporate officials, government policymakers, community leaders, environmental activists and others.

Both Kraft and Abel teach in UW-Green Bay's Environmental Science and Policy graduate program.

"We clearly will be able to bring some of this research to the classroom, both for graduate students and undergraduates," Kraft said.

In a highly competitive process, the National Science Foundation awarded grants to about 10 percent of the funding applicants.

Project work will take place primarily at UW-Green Bay under the direction of Kraft and Abel. A portion of the work will take place at Washington State University under the direction of Prof. Mark Stephan.

Kraft has been on the UW-Green Bay faculty since 1977. He has doctorate and master's degrees in political science from Yale University and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Riverside. He was the first UW-Green Bay faculty member to be awarded the prestigious Herbert Fisk Johnson named professorship in Environmental Studies.

Abel joined the UW-Green Bay faculty in 2001. He has doctorate and master's degrees from George Mason University, where he won the Joseph Fisher Dissertation Award. His bachelor's degree is from Indiana University, Indianapolis.

(Prof. Kraft can be reached at (920) 465-2531. Prof. Abel can be reached at (920) 465-5037.)

(03-102 / 30 April 2003 / SH)

UW-Green Bay brass groups perform on May 5

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Brass Ensembles will perform traditional and contemporary brass music, including some jazz-influenced pieces, at a concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 5 in Fort Howard Hall at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. Admission is free.

Prof. Tom Pfotenhauer directs the brass ensembles.

Students will be joined in the concert by The Premiere Brass, a group comprised of Pfotenhauer; area high school band directors Andy Zipperer, Shawn Postell, and Stephanie Krueger; and Steve Wilda, also the "voice" of the Green Bay City Band.

The UW-Green Bay Brass Ensemble, a Brass Quintet, and a Trumpet Quartet will perform works by composers ranging from Paul Hindemith to Palestrina to an arrangement of "Tin Roof Blues" on the first half of the program.

Postell arranged two selections on the Premiere Brass program, including Mozart's "Il Re Pastore," and a Gershwin medley.

The six-member UW-Green Bay Brass Ensemble and the Premiere Brass will join together to end the program with "Alla Bataglia," by Andrea Gabrieli.

(03-101 / 29 April 2003 / VCD)

Lecture on Swedish welfare state is open to the public

GREEN BAY -- Prof. Tom Nesslein will present a lecture on "The Political Economy of the Capitalist Welfare State: The Case of Sweden," at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, room 210 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Nesslein is an economist who teaches in the Urban and Regional Affairs academic unit.

Nesslein says Sweden is the world's leading capitalist welfare state, and by the early 1980s the country had effectively eliminated overt poverty, urban slums, and other societal ills. His lecture will describe Swedish economic security programs and finances, show how these differ from the United States, and then discuss the Swedish welfare state from an interdisciplinary perspective.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It is part of an informal Oxford Lecture Series, in which faculty members open their classrooms to the public.

(03-100 / 29 April 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay heirloom plant sale has tomatoes, peppers, and more

GREEN BAY-"More" is the word for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay heirloom plant sale scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11 at the Laboratory Sciences Building greenhouse on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, or until the plants are gone.

The first UW-Green Bay sale of old and international tomatoes and peppers in 1996 offered 1,500 plants. This year, 15,000 plants are ready for the Mother's Day weekend sale. While the event still predominately features peppers and tomatoes, other heirloom vegetables, herbs, and flowers are prominent on the 2003 plant list.

UW-Green Bay Prof. Jeff Nekola, who founded and coordinates the sale, tested interest last year by offering heirloom lettuces and other new vegetable varieties, and adding herbs and few flowers. The response was overwhelming.

"Literally, the basils were gone 15 minutes after we opened the door," says Nekola. "The flowers went almost as fast."

So for 2003, plant shoppers will find more looseleaf, butterhead, romaine and crisphead lettuces; 10 different eggplant varieties; leeks; onions; several members of the cabbage family, including purple Brussels sprouts; and three different celeries among the vegetables. Forty herb varieties include a dozen different basils. The 33 different flower varieties include annuals, but also perennials such as coneflowers, edelweiss, and columbine.

Unusual plants include purple tomatillo, garden huckleberry and bulb-forming fennel.

But Nekola emphasizes that tomatoes and peppers are still the sale's mainstays. More total tomato plants are offered in 2003 than ever before, and a greater number of sweet peppers, including a good supply of the popular Wisconsin Lakes.

As is his custom, Nekola cycles varieties from year-to-year so that about 50 percent of the tomatoes and peppers are varieties that were not available last year.

About 18 varieties are completely new to the UW-Green Bay sale.

Among Nekola's "picks" of new tomatoes are Piedmontese, a big Italian paste tomato; Mirabel, a flavorful bi-colored ivory and pink cherry tomato; Cherokee chocolate, a big beefsteak tomato; and Caspian pink. "Caspian pink has taken over from Brandywine as the darling of heirloom growers," notes Nekola. He gives "most unusual" honors to Locke, a straight-stemmed tomato plant with its leaves clustered in a topknot.

Nekola singles out three of the new peppers for their heat and attractiveness. Golden nugget has variegated leaves and produces golden peppers the size of the tip of a little finger. Grandma Campbell's heirloom is a tiny plant with tiny peppers, suitable for container growing. Aci Siuri is a pepper from Turkey that produces fruits shaped like Persian slippers.

"Heirloom vegetables are gaining in popularity across the country because they speak to our hearts as well as our palates," says Nekola. His collection and the collections of others from whom he acquires seeds include plants grown by our forebears and by people in other parts of the world.

Nekola is among those concerned that mass production of food and the disappearance of the home vegetable plot has led to the extinction of many plant varieties. He sees the heirloom movement as a way to help save them. "Native Americans, Amish and Mennonite groups have long collected and preserved vegetable seeds," he says. "Now there are many others collecting and trading seeds as well."

The list of plants available at the UW-Green Bay Mother's Day weekend sale can be viewed online at http://www.uwgb.edu/nekolaj/heirloom.

Proceeds from the sale support student scholarships and student research.

Plants will be priced at $1 each. Lettuces and some of the herbs and annual flowers are three for $1.

(03-98 / 28 April 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Opera Theater features Mozart

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay music students will perform works by Mozart in an Opera Theater Scenes Recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 and Thursday, May 8 in Studio Two of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The program includes arias and scenes from several operas including "The Magic Flute," "The Marriage of Figaro," "Cosi Fan Tutte," and "Don Giovanni."

Prof. John Plier directs the Opera Theater.

Soloists include Kristine Everson, Merrill; Gabrielle Hansen, Amery; Caskey Hunsader, Green Bay; Kerry Kuplic, Green Bay; Sarah Scidmore, Spencer; and Melissa Staley, Grafton. Members of the UW-Green Bay Concert Choir also will participate.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or (800) 328-8587.

(03-97 / 28 April 2003 / VCD)

Applications being taken for professional educator program at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY -- The Institute for Learning Partnership at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is accepting applications for an innovative professional development program for educators.

The Accomplished Educator Professional Development Certificate program provides teachers and school districts opportunities for continuing professional growth and improved student learning.

The program is approved by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for teacher re-licensure and is endorsed by the Wisconsin Education Association Council's Professional Development Academy.

Applications for the program's five core seminars that begin in June are due May 12.

The PDC program is open to all Wisconsin-certified, practicing educators who are self-directed learners. The certificate program is guided by standards established by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure.

Educators who enter the Accomplished Educator PDC Program will:
     • work with facilitators and colleagues to develop an individual learning plan.
     • learn to conduct practical action research to improve their practice.
     • learn to be reflective, inquiring educators.
     • make collegial contributions to the learning community.
     • develop a portfolio to profile their work.

The PDC program is a self-designed, self-paced and self-directed program that requires a commitment to lifelong learning and improved professional practice to improve student learning.

Educators who enter the program should be prepared to manage their time, search out resources and take responsibility for their own learning. The program generally is completed in 18 to 24 months.

The program provides opportunities for collaborative learning and team research. It is suitable for experienced educators at any stage of their career.

More information about the PDC and an application form may be obtained by calling Dorothy Seehausen, PDC coordinator, at (920) 465-2992 or e-mailing learnpart@uwgb.edu.

(03-96 / 25 April 2003 / SH)

UW-Green Bay to host Master's of Management information sessions April 30, May 1

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will hold two information sessions for individuals interested in learning more about the University's Master's of Management program.

The sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 6 to 7 p.m., and Thursday, May 1, 6 to 7 p.m. Both information sessions will be held in the 1965 Room of the University Union.

Karl Zehms, UW-Green Bay chair of Business Administration and Accounting, and Donald McCartney, senior lecturer in Business Administration and adviser for the Master's of Management, will be available to answer questions about the program.

The Master's of Management offers an innovative, advanced study of management. The program, designed to prepare effective leaders and decision-makers, is targeted primarily at Northeastern Wisconsin business professionals.

The Master's of Management provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in complex and dynamic organizations. It is a learning opportunity for managers seeking career growth. It also is open to students who have recently completed their undergraduate work.

The 36-credit curriculum consists of a graduate core of six required courses and four elective management courses. A hands-on professional project examining a major organizational issue is the capstone of the program's academic experience.

Students have the convenience of small classes and the opportunity to work closely with faculty.

For more information about the information sessions, contact McCartney by phone at 465-2520 or by e-mail at mccartnd@uwgb.edu. Information about the Master's of Management also is available from the UW-Green Bay Office of Graduate Studies at 465-2123 or gradstu@uwgb.edu.

(03-95 / 24 April 2003 / SH)

Eastern Washington educator named dean at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Fritz J. Erickson, an administrator and faculty member at Eastern Washington University, has been named dean of professional and graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Erickson, who currently serves as dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Eastern Washington, will begin his duties at UW-Green Bay on Aug. 1.

Sue K. Hammersmith, UW-Green Bay provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said Erickson will bring a strong background to the dean's position.

"We are fortunate to have someone of Fritz Erickson's experience and talent as our next leader of professional and graduate studies," Hammersmith said.

The dean of professional and graduate studies is one of two academic deans at UW-Green Bay. The other is the dean of liberal arts and sciences.

The dean of professional and graduate studies has academic and administrative responsibility for undergraduate programs in business, education, nursing and social work as well as graduate programs in management, education, social work and environmental science and policy.

V. Jane Muhl will complete three years of service as interim dean June 30.

Erickson said he was impressed with the quality of faculty, staff and students when he visited UW-Green Bay to interview for the dean's position.

"UW-Green Bay is an exciting place," he said. "It is very clear that UWGB has a high-quality energetic faculty, an engaged staff, and students who are very bright and very capable."

He also said he was drawn to the strong sense of community at the University and warm and welcoming people of Green Bay.

Erickson has been at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash., since 2000. He has been responsible for the overall operation of the College of Education and Human Development, including personnel, budget, curriculum, fundraising and grant activities. He also is a professor of education and professor of counseling and educational and developmental psychology.

An active scholar, Erickson has authored more than 40 books on computing and education, has served as president of the National Alternative Education Association, and has been awarded several grants including grants from the U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.

He previously served as chair and professor of education and psychology at Michigan Technological University, as a faculty member at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and as a senior educational technology consultant for the Colorado Department of Education.

Erickson has an interdisciplinary doctoral degree from the University of Northern Colorado in educational psychology, educational technology, and research. His master's degree also is from the University of Northern Colorado. He has a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University.

Erickson and his wife, Jan, have two children, Jenna, 12, and John, 11.

(03-94 / 24 April 2003 / SH)

Human Resource workshop offers skills for nonprofit managers

GREEN BAY -- Registration is still available for a two-day workshop, "Key Issues in Human Resource Management" offered Friday, May 9, and Friday, June 20 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Sessions are from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Wood Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The workshop is part of a certificate program for professionals in nonprofit organizations, but participants do not have to be enrolled in the certificate program to enroll in the workshop.

Jeff Russell, Madison, co-director of Russell Consulting, Inc., and formerly human resource coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Administration, is the workshop leader. The May 9 session will focus on steps that enable nonprofit leaders to hire the best people. On June 20, sessions will include retaining good staff, orienting new employees, and managing employee performance.

Russell is a member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), past-president of the South Central Wisconsin Chapter of ASTD, and a member of the local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.

The fee for the two-day workshop is $238 per person, or $198 per person if two or more individuals from the same organization enroll.

The professional education certificate program, organized by the Office of Outreach at UW-Green Bay, is aimed at helping staff, board members, volunteers and others associated with nonprofit or government agencies improve their business and management skills. To earn the certificate, participants complete five workshops, three elective courses, and a capstone project within a three-year period. Other workshops explore basic financial management, organizational effectiveness, working with boards, and managing change.

Co-sponsors are United Way of Brown County, the Neville Public Museum, and the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.

Information about the May and June workshop, and about the certificate program for nonprofit professionals is available at (920) 465-2642 or (800) 892-2118.

(03-93 / 24 April 2003 / VCD)

Teaching enhancement grants awarded at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-Four individual faculty members and an academic unit received Teaching Enhancement Grants for the spring semester at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The grants, ranging from $179 to $1000, were awarded by the Faculty Development Council to support activities that enhance faculty members' teaching skills or strategies.

Grant recipients and their projects were:
Prof. Derryl Block, Nursing, "Evaluation of technology-enhanced community health nursing practicum discussions"; Prof. Steven Meyer, Natural and Applied Sciences, "A better understanding of surface weather maps through creation of a simple three-dimensional model"; Prof. William Niedzwiedz, Public and Environmental Affairs, "Course evaluations: The effects on academic rigor"; and Prof. Sandra Stokes, attendance at the 2003 joint state convention of The Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English Language Arts and Wisconsin Communication Association.

Also, Human Development and Psychology faculty members received support to attend a conference, "Enhancing the Teaching of Psychology and Human Development." Participants included Professors Denise Bartell, Regan A.R. Gurung, Fergus Hughes, Richard Logan, Dennis Lorenz, Tracy Luchetta, Charles Matter, Illene Noppe, Lloyd Noppe, Kristin Vespia, and Dean Von Dras.

(03-92 / 22 April 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay New Music Ensemble features landmark work

GREEN BAY-Terry Riley's "In C," a composition that has been credited with reinventing the process of listening to music, will be featured in a concert by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay New Music Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2 in Studio Two of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Director and UW-Green Bay faculty member Rebecca Tout explains that "In C" is comprised of 53 patterns, and each can be repeated as many times as each performer chooses. The piano plays octave C eighth notes throughout, but details such as the order of events and tempo are decisions of the moment. Riley composed the piece in 1964.

"The length of the piece can be as short as 10 minutes and as long as a day (or more)," says Tout. "We anticipate we'll play for more than 20 minutes and less than an hour, but you never know."

"In C" comprises the second half of the program.

The first half of the program will present several small chamber ensembles including a clarinet quartet, a wind quintet, and a nontraditional wind quintet. Compositions include works by Elliott Carter and Paul Hindemith.

Thirteen students are in the New Music Ensemble. Instruments include piano, clarinets, flutes, trumpet, horn, bassoon, guitar, and trombone.

(03-91 / 22 April 2003 / VCD)

Shantytown will call attention to plight of homeless

GREEN BAY-The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student chapter of Habitat for Humanity will sponsor its annual Shantytown from 7 p.m. Friday, April 25 to 8 a.m. Saturday, April 26 in the parking lot of First United Methodist Church at the corner of Howe and Monroe Streets in downtown Green Bay.

Chapter president Matt Bonson says he expects 50-60 participants to sleep overnight in cardboard boxes in the church parking lot. The goal is to build awareness of the problem of homelessness in the greater Green Bay area.

The students also are inviting donations of good clothing and blankets for the homeless. Donations may be dropped off at the church any time during the Shantytown.

Those who want to participate in the Shantytown should call Bonson at (920) 883-3163 or e-mail the organization at habitat@uwgb.edu.

The chapter will provide the cardboard boxes for shelters, but Bonson urges participants to dress warmly in layers and have warm sleeping bags, because cool nighttime temperatures are predicted.

(03-90 / 22 April 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay to host first Phuture Phoenix Day Tuesday

GREEN BAY - More than 500 fifth-grade students will visit the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus Tuesday (April 22) for a day of activities aimed at encouraging the students to pursue a college education.

Students from 10 Green Bay elementary schools will participate in UW-Green Bay's first Phuture Phoenix Day. They will visit classrooms, residence halls, the library, the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts and other parts of the campus.

The fifth-graders already have met with UW-Green Bay students who will serve as mentors and role models for the youngsters.

The Phuture Phoenix Program is a new program that will involve students from Northeastern Wisconsin in activities that encourage their interest in future educational opportunities. An objective of the program is to increase the percentage of Northeastern Wisconsin high school graduates who continue on to college.

The program is led by Cyndie Shepard, wife of UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard. Cyndie Shepard has an extensive background in K-12 education.

"We want to inspire these fifth-graders to create their future and dare to dream about going on to college after high school graduation," she said.

The program is targeting elementary schools with a high percentage of students from low-income families.

Phuture Phoenix Day will start at 9:30 a.m. with an introductory program at the Weidner Center. The program will feature performances by the UW-Green Bay pep band and cheerleaders and a skit put on by UW-Green Bay students.

Starting at 11:30 a.m., the fifth-graders will go to the Phoenix Sports Center for activities with UW-Green Bay student-athletes. And at 1:30 p.m., students will attend an ice cream social with Chancellor Shepard at the University Union.

Cyndie Shepard said 22 UW-Green Bay faculty members have volunteered to open their classrooms to the fifth-grade students. She also said community members have shown strong support by volunteering their time to prepare the program and to be on campus for the event.

Teachers, administrators and support staff from the Green Bay School District have devoted much time and energy to the program, she said.

"With this kind of support we can't do anything but have a successful Phuture Phoenix Program," Shepard said.

Green Bay elementary schools participating in Phuture Phoenix Day are Chappell, Danz, Eisenhower, Fort Howard, Howe, Jefferson, Lincoln, Nicolet, Sullivan and Tank schools.

Shepard said Phuture Phoenix Day will become an annual event. She hopes to expand the program to other Northeastern Wisconsin school districts in the future.

(03-88 / 18 April 2003 / SH)

UW-Green Bay faces $2.3 million budget cut in 2003-05

GREEN BAY - After a lengthy budget development process involving all areas of the campus, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Thursday (April 17) unveiled its initial 2003-05 budget proposal.

While protecting the University's core academic functions as much as possible, the budget would limit the ability of some students to enroll in needed classes in a timely manner. It also would reduce funding for counseling, library services, instructional technology and on-campus student employment.

The UW-Green Bay budget proposal would result in a net budget reduction of $2,364,250 in the 2003-05 budget period. That includes a cut of $945,700 in each year of the biennium and a one-time reduction of $472,850 in 2003-04.

In addition to the reductions in Gov. Jim Doyle's budget, the University must reallocate almost $1.4 million to cover various unfunded costs of doing business, including replacement of computers, increases in insurance premiums and billing and collecting student loans.

UW-Green Bay this year has an overall budget of about $73.8 million of which $25.1 million comes from state taxpayers.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard shared the budget plan Thursday with faculty and staff at an all-campus forum. The proposal now goes to the Strategic Budgeting and Budget Building Committee, which includes faculty, academic staff and student representatives.

The University's final budget proposal will be submitted to the UW System by the end of April.

Shepard said University officials have worked to protect educational quality while also maintaining student access to UW-Green Bay. However, the Chancellor said some impact on quality and access cannot be avoided.

"UWGB and the UW System face budget reductions of unprecedented magnitude," Shepard said. "In that most difficult environment, we have sought to protect our long-term capacity to serve our students and our region. Nevertheless, we are hurt: lines will be longer, hours shorter, waits longer."

The budget cuts are coming at a time of growing demand for a UW-Green Bay education.

Specific impacts of the proposed budget include:
• A reduction of $186,000 in funding for part-time instructors. About 540 students will not have seats in at least some of the classes they will need, and departments will lose flexibility to respond to student needs.

• The elimination of $423,112 UW-Green Bay expected to receive for its Learning Experience initiative. The initiative is aimed at increasing student retention through improvements in the first-year experience, advising and other programs and services.

• A reduction of $119,000 for on-campus student employment. This cut will make it more difficult for some students to pay for college, and departments and offices will be strapped without student help.

• Numerous cuts in University administration, including a $55,000 cut in the Chancellor's area.

UW-Green Bay also must eliminate the equivalent of 15.99 full-time positions. The positions are part of a Systemwide reduction of 650 positions.

UW-Green Bay's proposed budget cuts are the result of an effort to cut program budgets 5 percent in most areas of the campus.

The budget plan Shepard shared with the campus Thursday is the first indication of how Gov. Doyle's proposed budget will be felt on the UW-Green Bay campus. Doyle has proposed a $250 million cut in state funding for the UW System.

Doyle also has proposed allowing the UW Board of Regents to raise resident undergraduate tuition $250 a semester. The UW System still would face a net loss of $100 million - the largest budget cut in the UW System's 30-year history.

(03-87 / 17 April 2003 / SH)

Clarinet recital set for May 1 at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-Clarinetist Rebecca Tout will perform in recital with Linda Halloin on piano at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. Tim Patterson will assist on percussion.

The program is free and open to the public.

The program includes Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, op. 167 by Camille Saint-Sa‘ns; "Corker" for clarinet and percussion by Libby Larsen; "Le Tombeau de Ravel" by Arthur Benjamin; "Three Studies on Flight," for solo clarinet by Russell Riepe; and Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Leonard Bernstein.

Tout is on the faculty at UW-Green Bay. She studied clarinet with, and was graduate teaching assistant for Robert Spring at Arizona State University. Spring performed in recital at UW-Green Bay in March. Tout will complete her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in summer 2003. She has performed frequently as a soloist in California, Illinois and Arizona, and has played with professional orchestras and chamber orchestras in Arizona and Illinois. Tout was a finalist in the International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition in 2000.

Halloin studied with Arthur Cohrs at UW-Green Bay were she earned a Bachelor of Music degree. She completed a Master of Music in piano performance at UW-Milwaukee, and prior to returning to Green Bay taught at Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University. She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the Midwest and in Germany, Poland, and Ukraine.

(03-89 / 18 April 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay art seniors end year with an exhibit

GREEN BAY-Seven art students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will show their work in Senior Exhibition 2, opening with a reception from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, April 27 in the Lawton Gallery located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

UW-Green Bay art scholarships for 2003-2004 will be announced at 3 p.m. during the reception.

Seniors exhibiting their work are:
Jake Cole, Green Bay, paintings and drawings; Gina Imhof, Birnamwood, graphics; Barbi Nicklas, Green Bay, metal work; Sarah Pollpeter, Kewaskum, paintings; Erin Quigley, Derby, Kan., mixed media works; Mary Jo Scanlan, Green Bay, installations; and Amy Smedema, Manitowoc, sculpture and mixed media.

The exhibit will continue through May 15. It is the second of two 2003 senior shows.

Lawton Gallery hours are 10 a.m. through 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

(03-86 / 17 April 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay dinner offers tastes from many countries

GREEN BAY-Recipes from many nations will make up the menu when international students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay host their annual dinner on Saturday, April 26 in the Phoenix rooms of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. A social hour begins at 6 p.m., entertainment starts at 7 p.m., and dinner will be served at 8 p.m.

UW-Green Bay has about 70 international students from 26 different countries.

Students chose the theme "International Idol" for their 27th annual dinner, according to International Club president Avinash Thadani.

Entertainment includes dances from Mexico, India, Germany, Latin America, Russia, Sri Lanka, and Africa. Brazilian student Ricardo Vogt will sing and play acoustic guitar, Japanese students Miyuki Hagino and Naoko Yokoo will play piano and sing, and a four-person group will perform Latino and Irish songs. More than 20 students will model clothing from all over the world.

The meal, prepared by University Dining Services, will start with appetizers including bruschetta from Italy, two homemade salsas-tomato and pineapple-with tri-colored chips, and an American interpretation of an Italian antipasto tray. Caesar salad represents the United States, and France and Italy are the inspirations for the breads.

Main dishes and vegetables include red cabbage and rouladen-thinly sliced beef wrapped around a pickle-both from Germany; basmati rice with almonds, cloves, raisins and clarified butter, and aloo gobi (potato and cauliflower) curry, both from India; and a potato dish-pisto manchego-from Spain. From Sierra Leone comes yassa, chicken marinated in coriander, cumin, tumeric and mustard, served over caramelized onions.

The desserts include rice pudding, which has versions in many cultures; apple cake from Russia; and bunuelos, a doughnut-like pastry from Mexico.

Tickets for the dinner are $18. Tickets are available at the Information Center in University Union, or by calling (920) 465-2400.

(03-85 / 17 April 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay introduces "Connecting Learning to Life" campuswide theme

GREEN BAY - Emphasizing its connections to the community and distinctive approach to learning, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay this week will launch a new approach to capturing the University's mission.

A new theme, "Connecting Learning to Life," will be incorporated into UW-Green Bay's communication efforts and will be part of a more coordinated approach to telling the University's story.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard described "Connecting Learning to Life" as a unifying theme and a call to action for the University. He noted that it is the first comprehensive campuswide tag line in the 35-year history of UW-Green Bay.

"This new theme captures our impressive connections to the community and the academic connections our students find across various majors and minors," he said. "It also is important to keep 'learning' central to our campus theme."

Since its earliest days, UW-Green Bay has emphasized an "interdisciplinary, problem-focused approach to learning." This approach encourages students to address issues from multiple perspectives - and then connect them to find solutions.

Efforts to communicate that academic approach to prospective students, parents and the community — even in less-technical terms — have met with varying degrees of success, Shepard said.

"Using a simple term like 'connecting' may help us get through to those 17- and 18-year-old prospective students who in the past responded to the word 'interdisciplinary' with blank stares," he said.

The Chancellor said UW-Green Bay's educational approach is more relevant than ever at a time when it is preparing students for careers that may not even exist yet.

The UW-Green Bay Marketing Council, which includes representatives of programs across campus, developed the new image plan. The plan then was reviewed by faculty, staff, students and numerous off-campus marketing and communication professionals.

Shepard will formally unveil the new theme Wednesday (April 16) at the University's Academic Excellence Symposium, a showcase of outstanding student scholarly and creative work. The Symposium runs from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union.

The Chancellor said the Academic Excellence Symposium is the ideal forum for announcing the "connecting" theme.

"The work on display at the Symposium — as well as the work of students and faculty across our campus — is the substance that supports our theme," he said. "Many of these projects have direct ties to the community we're here to serve."

Shepard said the image-building plan will have little impact on the University's budget. The theme of "Connecting Learning to Life" will appear on UW-Green Bay Web pages and in a wide range of existing University publications. It also will be highlighted at UW-Green Bay events.

The Marketing Council's analysis and recommendations can be found online at www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/marketing/plan.htm.

(03-84 / 15 April 2003 / SH)

UW-Green Bay to coordinate Fox River watershed monitoring program

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will coordinate a multi-year program for monitoring and assessing water quality and habitat in and around the Lower Fox River watershed.

Arjo Wiggins Appleton will provide a $1.5 million grant to fund the monitoring program, which will provide independent, high-quality data that can be used to help make decisions to improve water quality and restore habitat.

Kevin Fermanich, UW-Green Bay assistant professor of natural and applied sciences, will direct the monitoring program. Hallett J. "Bud" Harris, UW-Green Bay professor emeritus of natural and applied sciences, was a major figure in initiating the program.

The program will involve students and researchers from UW-Green Bay, UW-Milwaukee, the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District and the U.S. Geological Service. Area high school students and teachers also will participate.

Sue K. Hammersmith, UW-Green Bay provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the program will provide students with opportunities to be involved in high-quality, hands-on research.

"I can confidently say that 30 years from now we'll be able to look back and say we did a very good thing and it mattered," she said. Hammersmith spoke at a news conference at which the grant and program were announced. The news conference was held Monday (April 14) at Green Bay Southwest High School.

Speaking at the news conference along with Hammersmith and Harris were U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay; state Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Allouez; and Christopher Gower of Arjo Wiggins Appleton.

Arjo Wiggins Appleton is the former owner of Appleton Papers. It still owns the Appleton Coated mill at Combined Locks, which employs about 700 area residents.

The collaborative monitoring program will have educational, social, capital and environmental benefits for the Fox River Valley. Students will learn scientific concepts in their own environment, develop skills to become trained environmental professionals and acquire an understanding of stewardship for their community.

Program components include water monitoring, summer workshops, an annual Watershed Summit, student and faculty research, a Website and community outreach.

The program will start in 2003 with a summer workshop at UW-Green Bay to organize the high school program and faculty research projects and to conduct continuing education and training sessions. Monitoring will start in the summer and fall of 2003.

(03-83 / 14 April 2003 / SH)

Spring concert features UW-Green Bay vocal groups, symphonic band

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Symphonic Band, Vocal Ensemble and University Chorus will present a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 21 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Conductors will be Rebecca Tout for the Symphonic Band, William Witwer for the Vocal Ensemble, and John Plier for the University Chorus. All are members of the UW-Green Bay faculty, and Witwer serves as director of choral activities.

The choral groups will join with the Symphonic Band for one selection, John Williams' "Hymn to the Fallen," from the movie, "Saving Private Ryan."

The a cappella Vocal Ensemble will perform two selections by composers born in the 16th century, "Sing Joyfully," by William Byrd, and "O Jonathon," by Thomas Weelkes, and a selection of 19th century Shaker songs.

The Symphonic Band will perform an additional John Williams composition, "The Cowboys"; another contemporary work, "Fantasy on Psalm 100," by Barry E. Kopetz; and "La Oreja de Oro," by 19th century composer Mariano San Miguel.

Twentieth century pieces, including settings of three Hungarian folk songs, are on the program for University Chorus. They'll also sing "Shining Halls," a poem by Michael Yost with music by David Lantz III; "Cantate Domino," by Jay Althouse; and "Cover the World With Love," by Jerry Estes. Faculty member Ellen Rosewall is their accompanist.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. Numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or (800) 328-8587.

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UW-Green Bay play takes place on one English estate two centuries apart

GREEN BAY -- "Clever," "witty," "intelligent," and "funny" are words director John Mariano uses to describe "Arcadia," opening Friday, April 25 in University Theater, located in Theater Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The UW-Green Bay Theater production of the play by British playwright Tom Stoppard continues on Saturday, April 26, and Thursday through Saturday, May 1-3.

Stoppard's setting is an English estate. Part of the play takes place in 1809, and focuses on a 13-year-old mathematics prodigy and her tutor, and part of it is set in the present in which two researchers come to the estate to investigate what happened there in 1809, including a possible literary scandal involving Lord Byron.

"You are watching two groups of people separated by 200 years, and seeing those in the present misinterpreting the past," says Mariano, of the play. "You wonder, 'Will they ever get it right?'"

Mariano says the play is "about" a lot of things, including mathematics, landscape design and sex. Adds Mariano, "Throughout the play, a major theme is 'What do we mean when we say we know something?'"

Stoppard, whose first "hit" was "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," wrote "The Real Inspector Hound," presented at UW-Green Bay in fall 2000. He won an Academy Award for the script of the film, "Shakespeare in Love." "Arcadia" premiered in London in 1993 and was produced on Broadway in 1995.

Scenic designer is Jeffrey Entwistle, and Kaoime Malloy designed the costumes. R. Michael Ingraham is the technical director and lighting designer. All are members of the UW-Green Bay faculty. Student Michelle Hoff is the sound designer.

Tickets for "Arcadia" are $12 in advance and $15 at the door for adults; $10 in advance and $12 at the door for seniors and those 17 and under; and $8 for UW-Green Bay students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or (800) 328-8587.

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Middle and high school History Day winners advance to state

GREEN BAY-Top scoring middle and high school students who competed in 14 categories in the first Northeastern Wisconsin National History Day on March 29 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will advance to state competition on May 3 at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison.

Students eligible for the state competition are from Green Bay, Eagle River, Manitowoc, Shawano, and Sheboygan. Winners at state level advance to a national contest in June in Washington, D.C.

The first Northeastern Wisconsin National History Day contest was initiated as part of a three-year $822,000 Teaching American History Grant from the U.S. Department of Education won by UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew E. Kersten. The grant also supports summer institutes in American history for middle school and high school history teachers in CESA 7 schools.

National History Day, founded in 1974, is a national program. The theme for 2003 was "Rights and Responsibilities in History."

Students advancing to state competition are:

Senior group performance: Katie Belitz and Stacy Kohls, Sheboygan North High School, "Sati, the Burning of Widows in India, a Right or Responsibility?"

Junior group performance: Courtney Lawyer, Rachel Evans, Emily Valine, Vienna Trindal, Janelle VanderKelen, Green Bay Home Schoolers, "Babies in the Mill: Crusade Against Child Labor," and Amy Reuling and Roannah Vog-Tlusty, Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River, "The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850."

Senior individual performance: Melissa Milligan, Shawano Community High School, "Women Who Kept the Light."

Junior individual performance: Ana Maria Vascan, Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River, "Joan of Arc, Beyond Rights and Responsibilities: The Last Night."

Senior group documentary project: Tricia Flaherty and Amy Chadek, Woodrow Wilson Junior High, Manitowoc, "Opinions on the Vietnam War: Ours and Other's," and Ashlie Huibregtse and Jason Vandreese, Sheboygan North High School, "Hammurabi, Justice Not Served," and Jason Diener and Mathew Lee, Sheboygan North High School, "Islam Rights and Responsibilities: The Five Pillars of Faith."

Junior group documentary project: Tyler Vogel-Tlusty and Ryan Waldmann, "The Rights and Responsibilities of the Middle Ages," and Laura Reuling and Casandra Kindle, "Women Fight for the Right to Vote," and Sarah Fender and Ashlee Haiman, "Women's Voting Rights in the 1900s." All are from Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River.

Senior individual documentary project: Doug Shultz, "Sati," and Honna Pilz, "The Progression of Women's Rights in China," and Nate Krenz, "Jihad: Responsibilities of a Muslim." All are from Sheboygan North High School.

Junior individual documentary project: Max Brownell, Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River, "Rights and Responsibilities of Prisoners of War."

Senior group exhibit: Max Van Haveren and Jacob Den Buer, "Kamikazes," and Heather Bacan and Alisha Knopp, "Gender Equality in Islam," and Katie Grottsacker, Nadine Altman and Krista Olson, "Women's Rights in China." All are from Sheboygan North High School.

Junior group exhibit: Lynn Ayers and Nickey Pietila, "The Rights and Responsibilities of Afghani Women: Past and Present," and Trista Zdroik and Brianna Zastrow, "Knights, Nobles and Serfs: Rights and Responsibilities of Different Classes in Medieval Europe," and Julia Koehler and Julia Weber, "John Muir and the Duty to Save the Environment." All are from Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River.

Senior individual exhibit: Tegan Hemb, "Five Pillars-the Rights and Responsibilities of the Islamic Religion," and Ryan Meyer, "The African Slave Trade," and Ashley Eissens, "Chinese Women's Rights and Responsibilities." All are from Sheboygan North High School.

Junior individual exhibit: Christopher Paul, "To Die or Not to Die: An Ethical Question," and Donna Kiefer, "AIM, the American Indian Movement." Both are from Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River.

Senior paper: Jon Sedlacek, Woodrow Wilson Junior High, Manitowoc, "Oleomargarine," and Jake Western, Sheboygan North High School, "The Rights and Responsibilities of Women and Slaves Under Hammurabi's Rule."

Junior paper: Cody Lemke, "Rights and Responsibilities of Music: Where Do We Draw the Line," and Amanda Kent, "Your Civil Rights." Both are from Northland Pines Middle School, Eagle River.

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High School Honor Band will join in UW-Green Bay concert

GREEN BAY-An honor band comprised of top high school musicians from the region will join the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Ensemble and Concert Choir in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the UW-Green Bay campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The 70-member Honor Band represents 17 high schools. Band members typically are students who received "outstanding" ratings in their district solo and ensemble contests, and were nominated for the Honor Band by their school band directors. Kevin Collins, director of bands at UW-Green Bay, will conduct the Honor Band.

For the first time, UW-Green Bay spring concerts are pairing instrumental and vocal groups. The Concert Choir, directed by William Witwer, director of choral activities, and the Wind Ensemble, directed by Collins, will perform together on "A Jubilant Song," by John Leavitt, and three old American songs by Aaron Copland.

The Concert Choir also will perform "Zwei Abendlieder," by Johannes Brahms, and an arrangement of "Londonderry Air." Janice Cusano, a member of the music faculty, is their accompanist.

The Wind Ensemble's program includes the three-movement "Ghost Train," by young American composer Eric Whittacre, and set two of Malcolm Arnold's "English Dances."

Members of the Honor Band represent these high schools:

Algoma, Antigo, Bonduel, Colby, Cudahy, D.C. Everest High School in Schofield, Green Bay East, Green Bay Notre Dame, Green Bay Preble, Green Bay Southwest, Manitowoc Lincoln, Marion, Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Nekoosa, Suring, Tigerton, and Waupaca.

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

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Academic excellence to be on display
April 16 at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students will display outstanding scholarly and creative work Wednesday, April 16 at the University's second annual Academic Excellence Symposium.

Eighty-seven UW-Green Bay students will exhibit 47 projects at the Symposium. The event runs from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union.

Students - both undergraduate and graduate - will set up poster displays and computer presentations to showcase their research, academic accomplishments and creativity.

The session will be open to students, faculty, staff and community members. It will allow viewers to study and review exhibits and discuss them with presenters.

Lloyd Noppe, interim associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, said the Symposium will build on the success of UW-Green Bay's initial Academic Excellence Symposium in 2002.

"The Academic Excellence Symposium celebrates the outstanding work of our students," Noppe said. "It also gives people an opportunity to learn more about the interesting work being done in many areas across campus."

Projects to be displayed include research projects in natural and biological sciences, human development, education, economics, social work and business administration as well as art and theater exhibits. Numerous projects address issues of importance to local communities.

Faculty members nominated students for the Symposium. Participating students will receive certificates of academic excellence.

The Symposium is sponsored by the honor societies of Phil Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma and the offices of the Provost and the Academic Deans.

(03-78 / 4 April 2003 / SH)

Three at UW-Green Bay win FEI scholarships

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students Hope Krepline, Chilton; Alan Meyer, Port Washington; and Lindsey Rodefer, Gillett, have won scholarships of $1,000 each from the Northeast Wisconsin chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI).

Krepline and Rodefer are accounting majors, and Meyer is majoring in business administration with an emphasis in finance. The students will attend the April 15 FEI meeting at River View Country Club in Appleton to accept their awards.

FEI is an organization of financial officers of large- to medium-sized corporations. The Northeast Wisconsin chapter has about 60 members.

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Simon recital is April 12

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay percussion student Ellen Simon, Fond du Lac, will give a senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12 in University Theater, located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. The event is free and open to the public.

Simon will have the unique experience of performing a composition written especially for her and student colleague Tim Patterson by Prof. Cheryl Grosso. Patterson will join Simon in performing the piece, "Neimos Duet," at the recital.

She will perform other works by 20th century composers Murray Houllif, Gitta Steiner, Keiko Abe, Minoru Miki, Harald Weiss, and John Bergamo on instruments including timpani, vibraphone, marimba, and others.

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Future 'stars' can attend camp in Spanish, English at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-Spanish-speaking students who'd like to learn how to make films and videos can apply to attend Stars of the Future June 15-27 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The bi-lingual Spanish-English residential camp is open to students entering grades seven, eight and nine.

Students will begin with the concept phase, and work through writing, acting, filming, and editing. Each student will take home a video-in English and Spanish-of their final production.

Instructors will be professionals in the field.

Students will live in supervised University housing and eat in dining facilities for the entire camp period. Scholarships to students who qualify for the camp include the cost of cultural and recreational activities.

Bus service to and from Green Bay will be arranged for students in some cities. Bus pick-up locations will be determined when enrollment is complete.

The number for information is (920) 465-2671 or by e-mail to precollege@uwgb.edu.

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Legos provide learning at UW-Green Bay camp

GREEN BAY-Legos will help middle-school age students gain math and science skills at the Multicultural Middle Level Pre-College Program July 6-18 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Registration is open now for the residential program. Early application is encouraged, because space is limited.

The instructors will be experienced in teaching at the middle school level and in the Learning with Legos strategy. In addition to polishing math and science skills, campers will explore careers, learn how to select a college, and learn how to apply for and finance a college education.

Students will live in supervised University housing and have meals in dining facilities for the entire camp period. Scholarships to students who qualify for the camp include the cost of cultural and recreational activities.

Bus service to and from Green Bay will be arranged for students in some cities. Bus pick-up locations will be determined when enrollment is complete.

The number for information is (920) 465-2671, or by e-mail to precollege@uwgb.edu.

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UW-Green Bay Young Writers Workshop is for middle schoolers

GREEN BAY-Middle-school age students who love to write can expand their writing skills at the Young Writers Workshop June 15-27 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The residential workshop is open to students entering grades six, seven and eight.

Each student will write every day. In addition to private writing in a journal, students will write short pieces to share with other workshop members. At the end of the two-week workshop, students will take home a book containing work that each member has contributed.

Exploration of the UW-Green Bay campus and field trips will provide inspiration for student writing. Instructors will be experienced writing teachers and writers.

Students will live in supervised University student housing and eat in dining facilities for the entire camp period. Scholarships to students who qualify for the camp include the cost of cultural and recreational activities.

Bus service to and from Green Bay will be arranged for students in some cities. Bus pick-up locations will be determined when enrollment is complete.

The number for information is (920) 465-2671 or by e-mail to precollege@uwgb.edu.

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Registration available to hear renowned infant-toddler expert Katz

GREEN BAY-Registration is still available for a workshop from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 with Lilian G. Katz, a renowned expert on young children. The workshop, "Current Issues in Infant/Toddler Development and Care," is in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Katz will speak on "Building Social Competence in Children." Katz is a past president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and wrote a column for "Parents" magazine for 13 years.

Afternoon sessions offer two separate tracks. On the first, UW-Green Bay Prof. Illene Noppe, Human Development, will talk about research on the effects of "transitioning" in child care, and Jodi Kaftan, director of St. Mary's Hospital Early Childhood Center, will speak on how teachers can help children with transitioning.

In the second track, Pam Boulton, director of the UW-Milwaukee Children's Center will talk on culturally sensitive caregiving, and Tom Milbourn, WLUK-TV news anchor and St. Norbert College adjunct instructor, will lead a session on television and children.

The $80 registration fee includes handouts, lunch, refreshments, continuing education certificate, and parking. The numbers for information are (920) 465-2642 or (800) 892-2118. Registration is available online at www.uwgb.edu/outreach/profed.

Co-sponsors include UW-Green Bay Outreach and Extension, Brown County UW Extension, and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association.

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