November 2003

'Puppy love' is serious according to UW-Green Bay lecture

GREEN BAY - "Romantic Experiences in Adolescence: More Than Puppy Love," is the title of a lecture by Denise Bartell, assistant professor of Human Development at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 3 in the Christie Theater located in University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It is part of the University's Oxford Lecture Series in which faculty members open their classrooms to the public.

Bartell believes that though adolescent romantic experiences often are seen as immature and trivial, they really are a central component of adolescent development and a precursor to mate selection in adulthood. "This lecture will provide an argument for why we should pay close attention to these experiences," says Bartell.

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'Homelessness in Green Bay' is topic at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Lora Warner, an adjunct faculty member in Public and Environmental Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will speak on "Homelessness in Our Town: An Investigative Report," at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 208 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The lecture focuses on the increasing problem of homelessness in the Green Bay area and the multiple issues the community must face to effectively address the issue. The session is free and open to the public.

Warner has studied homelessness in Green Bay through 35 in-depth interviews and extensively gathering other data. She concludes that new pressures threaten to change the way the community has dealt with homelessness, which until now has been a largely hidden problem.

The lecture is part of the University's Oxford Lecture Series in which faculty members open their classrooms to the public.

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Free storytelling workshop set at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Mama Edie Armstrong will give a free storytelling workshop from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 6 in the Winter Garden of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The workshop is open to those over age 15. Although admission is free, registration by calling (920) 465-2200, ext. 40, is requested.

Armstrong is a published writer, percussionist, and speech and language pathologist who has given national and international storytelling performances and workshops for nearly 15 years. She is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlands Storytelling Network. She is founder of the African Cousins Storytelling Circle, and was a co-founder and serves as past chairperson of The Chicago Association of Black Storytellers.

Armstrong has performed before audiences in diverse venues including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Demonstration School for the Deaf and Blind in Ghana, West Africa, the National Railroad Retirement Board, and in programs combating drugs and other abuse.

She will be a featured performer at the Kwanzaa celebration from 1 to 3 p.m. later that same day in the University Union.

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Drumming, dancing, storytelling highlight Kwanzaa at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Drumming, dancing, storytelling, food, crafts and other activities highlight the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay observance of Kwanzaa from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 in the Phoenix rooms of University Union located on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Kwanzaa is a celebration based on the tradition of the African harvest festival. The UW-Green Bay event is free and open to the public.

Guest storyteller will be Mama Edie Armstrong of Chicago, who promises stories that "breathe renewed meaning into your life." Armstrong, who has given storytelling performances across the U.S. and abroad, also is a published writer, percussionist, and a speech and language pathologist. She is a member of national and regional storytelling associations, and founded the African Cousins Storytelling Circle. She co-founded and serves as past chairperson of the Chicago Association of Black Storytellers. Armstrong is scheduled to perform at 1:45 p.m.

The UW-Green Bay Hand Drumming Ensemble, led by Prof. Cheryl Grosso, will open the day's program, and events will end with Dane Richeson and the Kinkaviwo Hand Drumming Ensemble from Lawrence University.

Other performers include Nia Dancers, a campus and community African dance group.

Foods will be available for snacking, and children will be invited to participate in craft activities.

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UW-Green Bay bands promise 'Chestnuts, Heirlooms, Ornaments'

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band promise some of each in their concert entitled "Chestnuts, Heirlooms and Ornaments" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Director of Bands Kevin Collins will direct the Wind Ensemble in a transcription for wind band of Tchaikovsky's orchestral work, "The Nutcracker Suite." The transcription is by Mark Hindsley, former director of bands at the University of Illinois, who is well known for his transcriptions. The Ensemble also will perform a second Tchaikovsky orchestral composition, "Dance of the Jesters," featuring clarinets and flutes.

Their program includes an arrangement by Percy Grainger of an organ prelude by J.S. Bach, "O Mensch Bewein Dein Sunde Gross."

Rebecca Tout will direct the Symphonic Band in a program opening with "The Southerners," a rarely performed march by composer Russell Alexander, who once was a euphonium soloist with the Barnum and Bailey Circus. They'll also perform a setting of the spiritual "Walls of Zion"; a work by Andrew Boysen Jr., "Kirkpatrick Fanfare," incorporating a strain of "Danny Boy"; and James Curnow's "Rejouissance," a fantasia on Martin Luther's "A Mighty Fortress is Our God."

They'll end with a piece that draws on all three program descriptors, Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride."

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

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'Jack and Jill' is student-directed play at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior Sunam Ellis will direct the two-character play, "Jack and Jill" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 6 in Studio Two of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. Admission is free.

"Jack and Jill" examines the relationship between a present-day man and woman. They are attracted to each other, but conflicting ideals present roadblocks to their relationship.

Senior Zachariah E. Viviano, Green Bay, portrays Jack. He is a Theater major emphasizing studies in lighting design, and has a long list of UW-Green Bay production credits in technical theater. Viviano says the stage role has made him a better design student. "Playing Jack has helped me to understand a different perspective on realizing a production," he says.

Dena Holtz, a Green Bay sophomore, has the role of Jill. Holtz most recently had a role in "Wit," performed on campus and at the Meyer Theater earlier this fall.

Ellis, Appleton, has many UW-Green Bay theater credits. She was a finalist in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship competition at the regional American College Theater Festival in January 2003. "Jack and Jill" is her second directing venture. Last academic year she directed "Spinning into Butter," a play examining racism. Ellis is completing majors in Theater and Human Development.

Credits for "Jack and Jill" include:

Erin Cook, Oak Creek, is the assistant stage manager. Cook is a junior studying technical theater with an emphasis in costuming, and this is her first experience in stage managing. In summer 2003 she was a stitcher and a member of the wardrobe crew with The Utah Shakespeare Festival. She has worked in the UW-Green Bay costume shop for the past three years.

Sunam Ellis, Appleton, is the director. She has had major stage roles in a number of UW-Green Bay productions including "Wit" earlier this fall, and spring 2003 presentations of "Arcadia" and "Flyer." Ellis, who is co-host of UPN 32's 411 Update, expects to graduate in spring 2004.

Dena Holtz, Green Bay, portrays Jill. A Theater major, Holtz also is actively involved in dance. She choreographed and performed in the 2003 Danceworks production.

Kelly L. Keiler, Green Bay, is the costume designer. For the past two summers, Keiler has worked in costume construction and wardrobe with the Door Shakespeare Company in Door County. She has had costume responsibilities for several main stage UW-Green Bay productions. Keiler teamed up to design costumes for a student-directed production last year. "Jack and Jill" is her first solo costume design responsibility.

Amanda Scholz, Brown Deer/Whitefish Bay, is the stage manager. A sophomore, Scholz was assistant stage manager for "Our Town" and "Flyer" at UW-Green Bay. She is studying technical theater with an emphasis on stage management.

Zachariah E. Viviano, Green Bay, has the role of Jack. Viviano won the Barbizon Design Award at the regional American College Theater Festival (ACTF) for his lighting design for "Flyer," and he had major responsibility for touring the UW-Green Bay production of "Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls" to ACTF where UW-Green Bay won the Golden Hand Truck award for touring proficiency. Viviano has designed lighting for other UW-Green Bay productions and for Pamiro Opera's "Amahl and the Night Visitors." He was 2003 tour electrician for the John Mayer Summer Tour.

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UW-Green Bay, St. Norbert College present international justice conference

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and St. Norbert College next month will host a gathering of international experts exploring the struggle to manage conflict and achieve social justice worldwide.

"International Social Justice, Its Forms and Philosophy" will be a timely conference on vital issues of global concern. It will examine diplomatic, foreign policy, human rights, legal and intelligence issues - from the Cold War to the war on terrorism.

The event will begin Sunday, Dec. 7 with an invitation-only reception for conference participants at St. Norbert College's F.K. Bemis International Center.

On Monday, Dec. 8, the conference will move to UW-Green Bay's University Union for a series of panel discussions. It will conclude Monday evening with an open forum, which will bring together all the key participants for a discussion of challenges to international justice. All Monday events will be free and open to the public.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard and St. Norbert College President William Hynes said the conference will present an extraordinary opportunity for their campuses and the community.

"The participants in this conference have firsthand experience working for social justice and democracy around the globe," Shepard said. "Their insights will be invaluable at this time of international uncertainty."

"Our ability to respond knowledgeably and quickly to complex international issues will define whether we and our children will be successful citizens of the United States and the world," Hynes said.

Hynes and Shepard said they are working with other leaders in the Green Bay area to insure that the community is more attuned to international issues that affect business, law, justice and human dignity.

Expert panelists will connect local interests to the global community and examine the links between justice, democracy, citizenship and foreign policy. Panelists include:

• Alexander Boraine. Boraine is founding president of the International Center for Transitional Justice. In 1995, South African President Nelson Mandela appointed him deputy chair of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, serving under chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

• Jose Zalaquett. Zalaquett is a Chilean attorney with vast international experience in human rights. After the 1973 coup d'etat in Chile, he headed the Human Rights Department of the Committee for Peace, which provided legal assistance to political prisoners. He was imprisoned and expelled from Chile in 1976. During his 10 years of exile, he was closely involved with Amnesty International as chairman of the International Executive Committee and in other capacities.

• Robert Frowick. Frowick is a retired U.S. ambassador at large. Over the past decade, he has had numerous State Department assignments in Eastern Europe. He was deputy special adviser to the President and Secretary of State for implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords. In 2001, he was called upon by the international community to act as a conciliator in the conflict in Macedonia.

• James C. O'Brien. O'Brien is a principal of The Albright Group, a global strategy firm founded by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner. He was a special presidential envoy for the Balkans during the Clinton Administration and played a major role in shaping the Dayton Peace Accords.

• Eugene O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan was defense counsel for several defendants before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He is a professor of law at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada.

• Alan Tieger. Tieger has been involved in civil rights and international humanitarian law enforcement for many years. He was senior trial attorney in the Bosnian Serb leadership case that produced the guilty plea of former President Biljana Plavsic. As a U.S. Department of Justice senior prosecutor, he was best known for the successful prosecution of Los Angeles police officers in the Rodney King case.

• Milt Bearden. Bearden retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in 1994 after 30 years in the CIA's clandestine services. He left the agency as one of the most highly decorated operations officers in its Senior Service.

"International Social Justice, Its Forms and Philosophy" is organized as a tribute to the late Gary Weidner, who died in January 2003 at the age of 54. Weidner, a prominent Green Bay attorney, helped represent a defendant before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2002.

Weidner became involved in the case through Chicago attorney Robert Pavich, who proposed an international justice symposium to honor Weidner's memory. Pavich will serve as a moderator at the conference.

Weidner, the oldest son of founding UW-Green Bay Chancellor Edward Weidner, had strong ties to UW-Green Bay dating to its inception. He was one of UW-Green Bay's leading advocates.

More information about "International Social Justice, Its Forms and Philosophy," including a conference brochure, is available on the Web at http://www.uwgb.edu/connect/socialjustice/.

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UW-Green Bay, St. Norbert College launch joint international program

GREEN BAY - St. Norbert College President William Hynes and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard today (Thursday, Nov. 20) signed a groundbreaking agreement to launch a joint St. Norbert College-UW-Green Bay International Visiting Scholars Program.

The new venture will provide financial support to enable highly qualified professionals from developing countries to spend time on both campuses and in the greater Green Bay community.

"St. Norbert College believes that to be an educated citizen at the beginning of the 21st century is to be a global citizen," said Hynes. "We are pleased to join with our colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in this historic collaborative agreement that will help us bring more global leaders to De Pere and Green Bay." Hynes added that those who prosper in the future "are those who value different cultures, rich heritages, and diverse peoples."

Shepard expressed pleasure at working with St. Norbert College in the new program. "This exemplary partnership will provide many benefits for our campuses and community," he said. "Our esteemed visiting scholars will help students and the community better understand the significance of developments around the world."

The third partner in the International Visiting Scholars Program is the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, which will hold the funds. The agreement was signed at the Foundation's offices at 302 N. Adams St.

"The Community Foundation is pleased to play a small role in facilitating this historic collaboration between two of our community's most valued institutions," said Ken Strmiska, president and CEO of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation. "We hope that their partnership and use of the Community Foundation as a neutral convener can become a model for other organizations in the community to follow."

The visiting scholars will spend periods ranging from one month to one year in Green Bay, and will participate in appropriate activities at each campus and in the community. The program will be guided by a steering committee comprised of three members each from UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College, and three members from the community. Hynes and Shepard will designate the co-chairpersons.

Among those attending the signing ceremony was Prof. Egon Kr‡k, vice dean of the Advanced School of Music and Performing Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia, and president of the Association of Slovak Composers and Slovak Musicians, whose visit is the first to be supported by the new program.

The International Visiting Scholars Program is designated for scholars from developing countries because they usually don't have the means of financial support that is available to scholars from developed countries, explained UW-Green Bay Prof. Emeritus Robert Wenger, one of four individuals who initially proposed the new program. "Another consideration is that students' knowledge of developing countries is often very deficient and most of the pressing issues in current world affairs pertain to such countries," he added.

The program just signed into being grew out of the Asian Visiting Scholars Program at UW-Green Bay that Wenger and Prof. Emeritus H. Jack Day founded in 1998 along with their wives, Lena Wenger and Jan Day. Day and Wenger are retired from UW-Green Bay. Both couples had experiences in Asia-the Wengers on multiple trips to China starting with his visiting professorship at Beijing Normal University, and the Days on 10 trips to Vietnam where he worked on a United Nations project-that convinced them to devote their own time and money to start a program enabling Asian scholars to travel here. The Asian Visiting Scholars Fund twice received grant assistance from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.

Knowing of St. Norbert College's strong interests in international programs, Wenger, Day, and the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation developed a vision of an expanded visiting scholars program that would serve both institutions of higher learning in Green Bay.

Day also spoke of the idea to Kathryn Hasselblad-Pascale, general manager of Hasselblad Machine Co., and a long-time colleague when the two served on the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District Board. Hasselblad-Pascale also is a member of the St. Norbert College Board of Trustees, and soon she, Day, Wenger, and Joseph Tullbane, associate dean for international studies and director of the Center for International Education at St. Norbert College, were meeting. They developed a plan for a joint International Visiting Scholars Program and presented it earlier this year to both educational institutions and to the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.

Tullbane said the benefits of pooling resources are clear: Working separately, each institution risks spending the same amount of money and duplicating efforts. "The joint program has the potential for multiplying the value of what we both are doing and insuring that there's a community component," he explained.

St. Norbert College and UW-Green Bay have pledged $2,000 each to support the International Visiting Scholars Program through June 2005, and the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation has awarded it a new $1,000 grant. Other start-up support will come from remaining funds in the Asian Visiting Scholars Program at UW-Green Bay, which will cease to exist, and from already-pledged donations from individuals, and other sources.

Day said the program's founders hope to encourage other donations to enable it to grow. "We are claiming a seed, rather than establishing a robust program," he noted.

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'Moral Arguments for Vegetarianism' lecture set at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Prof. Andrew Fiala will lecture on "Moral Arguments for Vegetarianism" at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 24 in the Christie Theater located in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The lecture is free and open to the public, faculty, staff, and students.

Fiala, who teaches in the Philosophy and Humanistic Studies academic programs, says the lecture is one of the topics taken up in his Problems in Ethics class. "Vegetarianism is used as a concrete example of a way to resolve the conflicts that result from different assumptions about the nature of morality," he explains, adding that the lecture is "just in time for deer hunting and Thanksgiving."

The session will include discussions of animal welfare, human health, and global hunger. It is part of the Oxford Lecture Series at UW-Green Bay in which faculty members open their classrooms to the public.

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Czech/Slovak vocal competition will bring 20 contestants to UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-Twenty contestants from five states and Slovakia will compete in first and semifinal rounds of the Montreal International Czech and Slovak Music Competition Nov. 24 through 26 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon and 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 24 and 25, and 9:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Nov. 26 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. The public is welcome to attend the sessions. Admission is free.

Competition finals are in Canada where the contest was founded. This is the first time the competition has had a site in the U.S., according to UW-Green Bay Prof. Sarah Meredith, who coordinated the Green Bay event.

Competitors will sing an operatic aria of their choice in the first round. In the second, they will sing an operatic area plus an aria or song by any Czech or Slovak composer, preferably in the original language. Two winners will be flown to Montreal for the finals on Nov. 30.

Wisconsin contestants include Karen Louise Wridt, Altoona; Ashleigh Kreider, Appleton; Kerry Kuplic, Green Bay; Shannon Brogan, Kaukauna; Bianti Genea Curry, Madison; and Brianne Sura, Waukesha. Kuplic is a student at UW-Green Bay. Andrea Wiltzius, now of Baltimore, Md., is formerly from Sheboygan, and is a graduate of UW-Green Bay. Other competitors are coming from Champaign and Chicago, Ill., Ann Arbor, Mich., and Rochester, N.Y. One contestant is coming from Slovakia.

Judges include Stan Cornett, professor of voice at Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, Md.; Gildo D'Anunzio, Metropolitan Opera, New York; Adriana Hlavsova, professor of voice at the Academy of the Arts, Brno, Czech Republic; Ales Kanka, pianist and professor, Conservatory of Music, Prague, Czech Republic; Alain Nonat, artistic director, Theater Lyrichoregra 20, Montreal; and Miroslav Pansky, Pamiro Opera Company, Green Bay; and Meredith, a mezzo-soprano and faculty member at UW-Green Bay. Prof. Timothy Cheek of the University of Michigan, a specialist in Czech/Slovak diction, will be the accompanist.

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UW-Green Bay Vocal Jazz Ensemble, soloists set Nov. 25 concert

GREEN BAY - UW-Green Bay vocal soloists and selected high school soloists will join in a concert by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Vocal Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25 in University Theater, located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Chris Salerno directs the ensemble.

UW-Green Bay Director of Jazz Studies John Salerno will be guest artist on tenor saxophone with the ensemble on "Smack Dab in the Middle," and "To Dare the Moon." "Smack Dab in the Middle" also features sopranos Eileen McCormick and Melissa Staley, tenor Drew O'Brien, and bass Andy Van Sistine. Featured vocalist on "To Dare the Moon" will be tenor Dave Bloomstrand.

Staley, McCormick, and Van Sistine also will perform solo numbers. Other vocal solos will be performed by Ricardo Vogt, Caryn Schroeder, and Leala Cyr.

Seven high school students selected from among those who attended the summer 2003 Vocal Jazz and Gospel Choir Camp at UW-Green Bay will return as guests to sing with the ensemble on two final numbers, "I Worship You" and "Yet Praise Him."

Invited high school vocalists are Lydia Bugaj, Peshtigo; Heidi Dalibor and Tammie Delvaux, Grafton; Kari Estel and Molly Le Captain, Green Bay Preble High School; Hannah Pozorski, Valders; and Andrea Walter, Appleton.

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

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Slovakian activist will speak Nov. 22 at Brown County Library

GREEN BAY- L'ubomira Slusna, founder and president of the Association for Culture, Education and Communication, Bratislava, Slovakia, will speak about efforts to build civil society in Slovakia, and particularly about her work with the Roma (Gypsy) people, at noon on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Brown County Library, 515 Pine St.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Slusna has worked for the past two years to help people in marginal groups in Slovakian society-including the Roma people, and women in small towns and villages-to help themselves. She has developed special programs for Roma women and youth, trained Roma candidates in the 2002 municipal election, and founded education centers in six Roma settlements. Slusna's communication strategies with the Roma have included providing them with cameras so they can photograph in their own communities. Slusna will have some of the pictures on display.

A showing of the Emmy-award winning documentary, "Nicholas Winton-The Power of Good," by Slovakian filmmaker Matej Minac, follows Slusna's talk at 1 p.m., and she will assist in leading discussion afterward.

While developing the civil society in Slovakia is a primary goal of the Association for Culture, Education and Communication, the organization also works to promote Slovakia abroad through the arts and cultural exchanges. Early in 2001, the group sponsored The Month of Slovak Culture in New York, and after the events of 9/11 in New York, it launched a solidarity project, "We are in the Same Boat," in 35 cities and towns across Slovakia. Slusna's arrival in Green Bay on Thursday, Nov. 20 follows a Carnegie Hall recital by Slovakian musicians.

Also during her five-day visit, Slusna, a curator, art critic and writer, will present a talk on "Contemporary Slovak Art," at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24 in the Christie Theater, located in the University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The talk is free and open to the public.

Slusna will be in Green Bay as a guest of UW-Green Bay as part of a series of events focusing on eastern Europe during "Celebrating the New Europe" Nov. 14-26 at the University.

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Emmy-winning Czech-Slovak film scheduled at Brown County Library

GREEN BAY - "Nicholas Winton - The Power of Good," a documentary film about a young British stockbroker who saved nearly 700 Czech Jewish children at the beginning of the Nazi occupation of Prague in World War II, will be shown at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Brown County Public Library, 515 Pine St.

The film won the 2002 Emmy for best documentary in the international category for its director, Matej Minac, a Slovak living in Prague.

Minac learned about Winton and discovered he was still living while doing research for a feature film, "All My Loved Ones," about a Czech family at the beginning of the German occupation who make the agonizing decision to send their child to safety in Britain. After meeting Winton, now in his 90s, Minac says he realized he had to make two films-the feature film, and also a second, documentary film to tell Winton's story.

Minac credits the success of "The Power of Good" to the way audiences identify with Winton. "I think they understand that his example is our way to the future-that people themselves, without the support of official bodies, can achieve important and fundamental things and can change the history of people," he says.

Leading discussion after the film will be L'ubomira Slusna, director of the Slovakian Association for Culture, Education and Communication, and Prof. Egon Krak, vice dean of the Advanced School of Music and Performing Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Slusna will be speaking at Brown County Library at noon, prior to the film showing. She is on a five-day visit to Green Bay under the auspices of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Krak is the first visitor to Green Bay to be supported by a new International Visiting Scholars Program that is a joint effort between St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, with assistance from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.

The film showing and Slusna's presentation are sponsored by UW-Green Bay as part of a series of events focusing on eastern Europe during "Celebrating the New Europe" Nov. 14-26 at the University.

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Master class in Czech/Slovak vocal music offered at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-University of Michigan professor Timothy Cheek will present a master class on Czech and Slovak Vocal Repertoire from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 in Studio II of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The master class is free and open to the public.

Cheek, a pianist and specialist in Czech diction, is the author of "Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire," published in 2001 by Scarecrow Press. Early this year, Cheek also published volume 1 of translations and pronunciation of Jan‡cek opera librettos.

Cheek served opera internships at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, Italy, and at the National Theatre in Prague, and has performed as a collaborative pianist in a dozen countries. His performances have been heard on worldwide broadcasts, PBS, and Austrian television. He has received a Fulbright award and other grants, including one supporting research in the Czech Republic that lead to his book on Czech diction.

Cheek joined the University of Michigan faculty in 1994.

The event is one of several focusing on eastern Europe during "Celebrating the New Europe" Nov. 14-26 at UW-Green Bay.

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Visiting scholar brings news of 'the New Europe'

GREEN BAY - Prof. Egon Krak, vice dean of the Advanced School of Music and Performing Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia, will speak on "The Culture of the New Europe," at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19 in the Christie Theater located in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Prof. Krak is in Green Bay from Nov. 13-26 as the first participant in a joint St. Norbert College-UW-Green Bay International Visiting Scholars Program that will officially launch on Thursday, Nov. 20 with a signing ceremony by St. Norbert President William Hynes and UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard. The program is intended to benefit both institutions, the greater Green Bay community, and scholars from developing countries.

At 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Brown County Library, 212 Pine St., Prof. Krak will participate in leading a discussion following a showing of a Czech-Slovak film, "The Power of Good," a documentary about a young British stockbroker who saved nearly 700 Czech Jewish children in World War II.

During his visit, Prof. Krak will tour music facilities, meet music faculty members and attend a student recital at St. Norbert College, and sit in on UW-Green Bay classes in European history and music literature. He'll also travel to Madison to meet with members of the Music and Slavic Studies departments at UW-Madison.

Prof. Krak is president of the Association of Slovak Composers and Slovak Musicians, and a member of the Slovak section of the International Society of Contemporary Music. He is a teacher of theory and history of music, a composer, a musicologist, and an editor of musical works. He is a specialist in early music.

Prof. Krak's visit to Green Bay coincides with a series of events sponsored by UW-Green Bay focusing on eastern Europe during "Celebrating the New Europe" from Nov. 14-26.

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UW-Green Bay lecture links geology, 2000 election

GREEN BAY - Prof. Steven Dutch will speak on "Geology and the 2000 Presidential Election" at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 113 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The lecture is part of the free, informal Oxford Lecture Series at UW-Green Bay in which faculty members invite the public into their classrooms. Community members, students and faculty are welcome to attend.

Dutch is an earth scientist who teaches in the University's Natural and Applied Sciences academic program.

Dutch observes that county-by-county 2000 election returns for the Deep South show a narrow arc of pro-Gore counties from Mississippi to South Carolina. "To a geologist, this pattern is quickly recognized as following a particular band of rock outcrops on the geologic map of the United States," he notes.

Dutch will explore why election returns might follow geology. The obvious thought might be to suspect a link from rocks to soils to agriculture to economic conditions, he says, but adds that analysis shows a much more complicated set of explanations.

His lecture will touch on geology, economics, history, demography, and politics.

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UW-Green Bay student artists exhibit work

GREEN BAY - The 31st annual University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Juried Student Art Exhibition opens with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20 in the Lawton Gallery, located in Theater Hall room 249 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Awards will be announced during the reception at 5 p.m. Approximately $2,000 in cash and purchase award prizes include a new $500 purchase award donated by Georgia-Pacific.

Juror Gelsy Verna, a member of the Painting Department faculty at UW-Madison, will select work for the exhibit based on submissions by students.

The exhibit continues through Dec. 13. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery will be closed Nov. 27-Dec. 1 for Thanksgiving break.

(03-212 / 12 November 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble I, Faculty Combo perform Nov. 21

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble I and a Faculty Jazz Combo will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Jazz Ensemble I program numbers will range from "contemporary funk to standard swing," says director John Salerno.

Vocalist Leala Cyr and tenor saxophonist Josh Swanson will be featured on Salerno's arrangement of the Louis Prima hit, "Oh, Marie." In this case, Salerno made it a tribute to Prima and changed the title to "Oh, Louie." Cyr also will be featured on the Jimmy Van Heusen composition, "Like Someone I Love."

Chris Salerno will be special guest on piano in Pat Metheny's "It's Just Talk," which also features Matt Baeb on trombone and Ricardo Vogt on guitar. Baeb and Vogt also have feature slots on "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most."

The Ensemble program also includes Thelonious Monk's "Bye-Ya," and Bob Mintzer's composition, "The Heart of the Matter."

The Faculty Jazz Combo will perform original compositions and jazz standard arrangements written by members of the group.

Combo personnel include Salerno on saxophone and flute; Terry O'Grady, mallet cat; Craig Hanke, bass; Stefan Hall, guitar; and Chris Salerno, piano. They'll be joined by alumnus Terry Iattoni on drums. The Salernos and O'Grady are members of the music faculty. Hanke teaches in the Biology and Human Biology academic programs, and Hall is on the faculties in English and Humanistic Studies.

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

(03-211 / 12 November 2003 / VCD)

Pianist Kim will play in recital at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Pianist Namji Kim, a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. Admission is free.

Kim will perform Partita no. 1 in B-flat Major by J. S. Bach, Sonata op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Sonata no. 2 in B-flat Minor by Frederic Chopin.

Kim says she chose the program of major works because she is "attracted to the big forms like the sonata," and because the three form a chronological order. Bach lived from the 17th century to the mid-18th century, Beethoven from the later 18th century well into the 19th, and Chopin in the first half of the 19th century.

Kim joined the UW-Green Bay faculty in fall 2000. She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts at Manhattan School of Music, and master's and bachelor's degrees at the Julliard School. She also studied at the Paris Conservatory, and has performed in solo and chamber recitals in France, Korea, Switzerland, Austria, and Spain, as well as in the U.S.

In January 2003, Kim performed in recital in the Elvehjem Art Museum series in Madison,which was broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio. Listeners voted it the "best of season" in the Elvehjem series, and the recital was re-broadcast in May.

Kim has been invited to give another "Live from the Elvehjem" recital on Jan. 18, 2004.

Also this year, Kim has performed at Oconto High School, Union Congregational Church in Green Bay, Spies Public Library in Menominee, Mich., and at Farley's Pianos in Madison.

(03-210 / 12 November 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay will premiere opera by faculty composer

GREEN BAY- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will premiere a new two-act opera by faculty composer Terence O'Grady at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16; and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

O'Grady calls "A Diplomatic Affair," "a light opera that crosses over into musical theater."

Says musical and stage director Sarah Meredith, "It's an unusual treat to have the composer at your rehearsals and giving guidance." Meredith credits the opera with "charming and lovely" ensemble music and a clever plot, adding, "It's quite a challenging work." Meredith is a member of the UW-Green Bay faculty.

"A Diplomatic Affair" is set in Petronia, a fictitious, tiny and obscure Eastern European country, and the drama surrounds the threatened closing of the American embassy there. O'Grady wrote both lyrics and music. It was written specifically for UW-Green Bay Opera Workshop, an applied music course that helps students prepare for performance in opera and musical theater.

Major characters include the American ambassador to Petronia, the ambassador's assistant, a native Petronian who works as the embassy's gardener, and a Petronian baroness. Plot turns are provided by the embassy's chief financial officer, a representative of the U.S. Embassy Bureau, the old Petronian queen, and a snooping American journalist.

O'Grady says he had the idea for the story first, particularly the notion that it would be modeled after turn-of-the century operettas with their combination of romance and intrigue. "Then the libretto came, which was a lot of fun to write in this instance, and finally the music, which is the step that takes the longest, even when much of the music is 'light' as it is in this case," he explains.

O'Grady previously composed lyrics and music for a one-act opera for children. That effort, "The Wizard and the Shepardess," was performed in Green Bay and Milwaukee. He also has written choral works, and other compositions, including works for instrumental ensembles.

Eric Klingbeil, Trempeleau, designed sets and lighting, and Lyn Ross, Appleton, is responsible for costumes. The pianist is Rebecca Ostermann, Coleman. All are students.

Several roles in "A Diplomatic Affair" are double-cast to provide performance experience to more students.

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

(03-209 / 5 November 2003 / VCD)

High school groups will join in UW-Green Bay Choral Festival

GREEN BAY-Five area high school chamber choirs will perform in a concert with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix Chorale and Concert Choir at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The Chamber Choir Festival Concert caps a day-long event in which seven high school groups will have an opportunity to rehearse with guest clinician Rowland Blackley, director of choral activities at Ashland (Ohio) University. Blackley's Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral literature is from the University of Colorado. Blackley will be a guest conductor and organist for the concert.

High schools performing at the evening concert include Montello High School Chamber Choir, Mary E. Hart, conductor; Pulaski High School Chamber Choir, Rebecca Fields, conductor; Appleton East High School Choir, Chris Keelan, conductor; Suring High School Choir, Micki Carlson, conductor; and Bay Port High School Vocal Ensemble, David Pufall, conductor. Also participating in the festival are choral groups from Kewaunee and Luxemburg-Casco high schools.

The 67-voice UW-Green Bay Concert Choir, conducted by John Plier, will perform works drawn from the St. Olaf Choir Scandinavian tradition, Jewish and Russian Orthodox liturgy, and American folk songs. Angela Bauer-Dantoin is accompanist.

The new Phoenix Chorale will join with the Concert Choir in Max Janowski's "Sim Shalom," with Plier as cantor, Witwer conducting, and Blackley accompanying on the Weidner Center's pipe organ.

The Phoenix Chorale also will perform four songs on the topic of evening by composers spanning the 17th century to the 20th. Witwer conducts the 35-member group, and Ellen Rosewall is the accompanist. The five high school groups will join with the Chorale in "Lux Arumque," a setting by contemporary American composer Eric Whitacre of an English poem, "Light, warm and heavy as pure gold...," translated into Latin.

The concert will close with an arrangement of "America the Beautiful," sung by the combined high school and UW-Green Bay choral groups. Witwer will conduct the nearly 200 voices, and Blackley will accompany on the organ.

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

(03-208 / 4 November 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay musical tells immigrant Christmas story

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theater will present "The Christmas Schooner" at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays Nov. 14 and 15 and Nov. 21 and 22 in University Theater located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The musical is inspired by true stories about German immigrants who shipped Christmas trees from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Chicago for other immigrants homesick for holiday traditions of their native land. The events are set in the late 19th century.

Director John Mariano, a member of the UW-Green Bay faculty, predicts that "The Christmas Schooner" may replace annual productions of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," for some performing groups. The new musical had its first professional production in 1995 in Chicago, and has become regular holiday theater fare in that city. It increasingly is being performed elsewhere. The book is by John Reeger and music and lyrics are by Julie Shannon, both of the Chicago area.

At the center of "The Christmas Schooner" is a Manistique, Michigan shipping captain and his family. An immigrant from Bremen, Germany, the captain responds to a cousin in Chicago who longs for a Christmas tree. He undertakes the dangerous wintertime voyage across Lake Michigan with a boatload of trees, and establishes a tradition that continues even after tragedy strikes.

Mariano notes that the play has plenty of tie-ins to Northeast Wisconsin, with the region's historic German ancestry, and shipping and timber industries. "The play is very much about the immigrant experience and people who want to start a new life, but hold on to aspects of the old," he adds.

Quinn M. White, Janesville, is making his UW-Green Bay stage debut in the role of ship captain Peter Stoessel, and Andrea Dahlke, Wausau, who has a long list of campus performance credits, portrays his wife, Alma. Both are Theater majors.

Guest musical director is Kent Paulsen, presently also choir director for Calvary Lutheran Church and accompanist for the Dudley Birder Chorale. He has been musical director for productions of the summer Music Theater of St. Norbert College for several years. Paulsen was piano accompanist for the UW-Green Bay production of "Dames at Sea" in 2002.

Jeffrey Entwistle is scenic designer, Kaiome Malloy is costume designer, and R. Michael Ingraham is lighting designer and technical director. All are members of the faculty. Student Michelle Hoff is the sound designer.

Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door for adults, and $12 in advance and $15 at the door for seniors and those 17 and under. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or (800) 328-8587.

(03-207 / 4 November 2003 / VCD)

New courses, workshops highlight UW-Green Bay winter classes for educators

GREEN BAY-New courses in science, technology and writing, and two new non-credit workshops are among winter and spring classes for educators offered by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Office of Outreach and Extension.

Both non-credit workshops are scheduled for late February. "Successful Gardening with Native Plants," with a focus on restoring and nurturing wetlands, is a one-day experience from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. "Introduction to Figure Drawing" will meet from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays, Feb. 28 and March 6. Both meet at UW-Green Bay. Continuing education units are possible for both.

UW-Green Bay courses for educators align with Wisconsin standards for teacher and administrator development and licensure.

Enrollment is most classes is limited, so registration at least two weeks before the start of a course is recommended. Numbers for detailed information and registration materials are (920) 465-2480 or (800) 892-2118. Information and registration also are available online at www.uwgb.edu/outreach/educ. New offerings are added throughout the year and may be found on the website.

Following is a list of winter and spring classes to date. Courses are for graduate-level credit unless otherwise indicated.

Beginning in December:

Incorporating the Six Traits of Writing into the K-12 Language Arts Curriculum (NEW), Option 1: two graduate credits, Thursdays, Dec. 4, 11; Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29; Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26; Option 2: three graduate credits, Thursdays, Dec. 4, 11; Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29; Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26; March 4, 11, 18, 25; April 1, sessions alternate between Mishicot Elementary School and High School, beginning at the elementary school.

Power Point: Present with Pizzazz!, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5, 6, De Pere High School.

Beginning in January 2004:

A Practical Approach to Classroom Assessment, Wednesdays and Mondays, Jan. 21, 26; Feb. 4, 18, 25; March 10, 31; April 7, 21, 28; May 3, 12, 17, and 9 hours of study group time outside of class, Central Support Facility, Sheboygan.

Basic Active Learning Strategies, Saturdays, Jan 17, 31, Sturgeon Bay High School.

Active Learning Strategies, Saturdays, Jan. 17, 31; Feb. 14, 28; Friday, March 19; Saturday, March 20, Sturgeon Bay High School.

Meteorology for Teachers (NEW) (online course), begins Tuesday, Jan. 20 and ends Tuesday, May 11. Participants must first apply to Space Education Initiatives, (800) 215-1511 or e-mail to jmarcks@spaceed.org.

The Scientific Quest for E.T. (NEW) (online course for teachers of grades 5-12 in any science field), begins Tuesday, Jan. 20 and ends Tuesday, May 11. Participants must first apply to Space Education Initiatives, (800) 215-1511 or e-mail eric@spaceed.org.

Beginning in February 2004:

Differentiated Instruction (NEW), Mondays, Feb, 2, 9, 23; March 1, 8, 22, 29; April 5, 19, 26; Tuesday, May 4; plus 12 hours of study group time outside of class, Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan.

The Forgotten Standard: Teaching to the Heart of the Child, Thursdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26; March 4, 11, 18; April 1, 15, 22, 29, Preble High School, Green Bay.

Differentiating Instruction to Meet the Needs of Gifted Students, Tuesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24; March 2, 9, 16, 30; April 6, 13, 20, 27, Broadway Central Office, Green Bay.

Facilitating and Assessing Writing Using the Six + One Traits, Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 6, 7, 13, 14, 27, 28; March 5, 6, Jefferson Elementary School, Green Bay.

Spanish for Educators I, Tuesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24; March 2, 9, 23, 30, Sevastopol School District.

Spanish for Educators II, Wednesdays, Feb. 11, 18, 25; March 3, 10, 17, 31; April 7, Preble High School, Green Bay.

Reaching Students and Families with Video Technology, Wednesdays, Feb. 11, 18, 25; March 3, 10, 17, 31; April 7, 21; May 5, and 8 hours of qualitative action research, De Pere High School.

Electronic Portfolios: Powerful Professional Improvement Tool, Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 13, 14; March 12, 13, De Pere High School.

Conflict Resolution, Friday and Saturday Feb. 20, 21, CESA 7 Office, Green Bay.

Web Page Creation and Editing (NEW), Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 27, 28; April 2, 3, De Pere High School.

Successful Gardening with Native Plants (NEW) (non-credit workshop, continuing education units available; information at www.uwgb.edu/outreach/profed), Saturday, Feb. 28, UW-Green Bay.

Introduction to Figure Drawing (NEW) (non-credit workshop, continuing education units possible), Saturdays, Feb. 28, March 6, UW-Green Bay.

Beginning in March 2004:

Power Point: Present with Pizzazz!, Friday and Saturday, March 5, 6, De Pere High School.

Writing Good Performance Assessments, Wednesdays, March 3, 24; April 14, and 6 hours of study group time outside of class, Central Support Facility, Sheboygan.

Strategies for Teaching Writing in the Content Areas (NEW), Friday and Saturday, March 12, 13, Mishicot School District.

Beginning in April 2004:

Supervision of Student Teachers, Fridays and Saturdays, April 2, 3, 23, 24, Green Bay Education Association Office.

Internet I for Teachers, Friday and Saturday, April 23, 24, Mishicot Elementary School.

Beginning in May 2004:

Internet II for Teachers, Friday and Saturday, May 7, 8, Mishicot Elementary School.

Differentiated Instruction, Wednesdays, May 5, 19; June 2, plus 6 hours of study group time outside of class, Central Support Facility, Sheboygan.

(03-206 / 4 November 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay mushroom workshop is Nov. 22

GREEN BAY-Registration is available for "Marvelous Mushrooms," a workshop led by Charlotte Lukes from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 22 in the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity located in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall room 212 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The workshop is free, but pre-registration is required due to space limitations.

Lukes will introduce some of the more common edible and poisonous mushrooms among the 500 species of fungi found in northeastern Wisconsin. After an introductory indoor session, Lukes will lead the group outdoors to seek mushrooms in the campus environs. Participants should dress for the weather of the day.

A Milwaukee native and graduate of Marquette University, Lukes has lived in Door County for many years. Her interests in natural history led her to specialize in mushrooms, and she has compiled a database of 492 species of mushrooms in Door County.

Along with her husband, Roy Lukes, Charlotte Lukes has devoted her life to teaching people about the natural world. The two have operated their own nature school for outdoor adult education for 10 years. The two organize bird counts and other nature events. Charlotte Lukes also has used her art skills to illustrate her husband's books.

The event is one in a series of natural history workshops organized by the UW-Green Bay Cofrin Center for Biodiversity to promote biodiversity protection through education and research. All of the workshops in the series' 2002-2003 inaugural year enrolled at or near capacity.

Workshop registration may be made to (920) 465-5032. Information also is available by calling (920) 465-5030 or by e-mail to wolfa@uwgb.edu.

(03-205 / 4 November 2003 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay grant will boost tribal child welfare careers

GREEN BAY-A new grant to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from the U.S. Children's Bureau of the Department of Health and Social Services will provide direct assistance to American Indian students seeking careers in tribal child welfare, and improve the child welfare training programs all students experience.

Grant author Prof. Judy Martin announced the $453,500 project, which includes $78,600 in matching funds from UW-Green Bay. Martin is a professor of Social Work at UW-Green Bay, and chairperson of the new UW-Oshkosh-UW-Green Bay Collaborative Master of Social Work program that began offering classes in September.

The grant, "Preparing BSW and MSW Graduates for Careers in American Indian Child Welfare Practice," began October 1 and continues through September 2008.

According to Martin, a key part of the project will provide eight grants of about $7,000 each year to full time students in either the UW-Green Bay Bachelor of Social Work program, or the collaborative UW-Oshkosh-UW-Green Bay Master of Social Work program. Grant recipients must be present staff members in tribal social service agencies who want to continue in the child welfare field after receiving degrees, or tribal members who want to work in child welfare after earning degrees.

In addition, grant monies will help to develop and improve curriculum in the area of tribal child welfare in both the bachelor's and master's degree programs. Tribal members will serve as cultural guides for social work faculty and students. And members of the tribes will be invited to identify significant collaborative projects to improve the care of vulnerable tribal children and their families.

Martin says increased collaboration and curriculum changes also will prepare non-Indian child welfare students to better understand Indian child welfare, work more effectively with Indian child welfare professionals, and improve their own practices with American Indian families.

"Ultimately, this project aims to improve American Indian child welfare services in tribal communities," says Martin.

Martin noted that the UW-Green Bay Bachelor of Social Work program and the UW-Oshkosh-UW-Green Bay Master of Social Work program are accessible to seven of the 11 federally recognized tribes in Wisconsin.

The UW-Green Bay grant was one of only five awarded by the U.S. Children's Bureau in the grant category.

(03-204 / 3 November 2003 / VCD)