July 2004

History seminars Chancellor's Council of Trustees Spanish Language Camp Paul Sager Tract dedication Oregon alumni reception High School Art Studio Watershed monitoring workshop Vocal Jazz and Gospel Camp Middle School Art Studio Computer Camp Jazz Ensemble Camp Extended Degree scholarships Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium	History seminars at UW-Green Bay feature prominent historians GREEN BAY - Northeastern Wisconsin history teachers will work and study with prominent historians and scholars in an intensive program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Weeklong seminars on teaching American history, scheduled for Aug. 1-6 and Aug. 8-13, will feature nationally known scholars and a local curriculum development expert. Thirty-five teachers of U.S. history will participate in each seminar. The summer seminars at UW-Green Bay are part of the Teaching American History program, which aims to improve teaching, learning and student achievement in history, focusing on grades five through 12. UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Kersten, academic director of the project, said the primary goal of the seminars is to help raise student achievement by reconnecting teachers with historical content and using curriculum design techniques to develop ideas for lesson plans. "In addition to all the academic goals, we hope it's a fun week for teachers," he said. Nationally known instructors leading the summer seminars are: • John Bracey, a member of the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has been published widely on black American history and received the Zora Neale Hurston-Paul Robeson Award for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. • William P. Jones, a member of the Department of History at UW-Milwaukee. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jones' research and teaching interests focus on U.S. labor and African-American history. He has published in journals and anthologies. • Melani McAlister, who teaches American Studies at the George Washington University. McAliser, whose commentary on events of Sept. 11, 2001 was solicited as part of a special issue of the Journal of American History, will put the events of Sept. 11 into a broad historical context. • Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism at Columbia University. He is author or editor of 11 books, most recently Letters to a Young Archivist. Gitlin has received research grants from organizations including the MacArthur Foundation and the national Endowment for the Humanities. Linda Pletcher, who teaches unit design for the Cooperative Educational Services Agency (CESA) 7 and at UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College, will work with teachers in designing lesson plans and teaching units. The three-year Teaching American History program is funded by an $822,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. UW-Green Bay professors of American history and staff from CESA 7 collaborated to design the program. Other partners include the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Heritage Hill State Park, the Brown County Historical Society, the Center for History and Social Change at UW-Green Bay, and the Area Research Center at UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Library. More information about the Teaching American History program and the summer seminars is available on the Web at http://www.uwgb.edu/teachingushistory. (04-143 / 29 July 2004 / SH) Beideman, Harden join UW-Green Bay Chancellor's Council of Trustees GREEN BAY - Two community leaders have been named to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor's Council of Trustees, Chancellor Bruce Shepard announced today. The new trustees are: • Paul S. Beideman, president and chief executive officer of Associated Banc-Corp. Associated is a $15.2 billion financial services company based in Wisconsin, with operations throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Eastern Minnesota. • Donald F. Harden, a consultant to Bellin Health. Harden recently retired after 10 years as president of the Bellin Foundation. The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Bellin Health, an integrated health-care delivery system serving Northeastern Wisconsin. The 14-member Chancellor's Council of Trustees advises the Chancellor and University and serves as a liaison between UW-Green Bay and the community at large. Chancellor Shepard said he is pleased that Harden and Beideman are supporting UW-Green Bay through their service on the Council of Trustees. "I look forward to working with these two men whose leadership and commitment to the community will be invaluable to UW-Green Bay," Shepard said. Beideman assumed leadership of Associated in April 2003. He came to Green Bay from Philadelphia where he served as chairman of Mellon Financial Corp.'s Mid-Atlantic Region and a member of Mellon's senior management team. He managed Mellon's Retail Financial Services Division, with responsibility for management of retail banking, business banking and private banking operations. Beideman previously served on the boards of trustees of Widener University and the Philadelphia Zoo. Harden has lengthy ties to UW-Green Bay. Prior to joining the Bellin Foundation, he served as a member of the UW-Green Bay faculty and administration from 1970 to 1994. As associate chancellor, he had responsibility for a wide range of areas including academic support, student services, athletics, university advancement and community relations. The University has recognized Harden's contributions in numerous ways. In 1993, he was named a charter member of the UW-Green Bay Phoenix Hall of Fame for his efforts on behalf of the University's NCAA Division I athletics program. In 1998, UW-Green Bay honored Harden by naming a new residence hall "Donald F. Harden Hall." Harden also has an extensive record of volunteer service to the community. He has served on boards of directors of numerous organizations, led the Brown County United Way and currently serves on the seven-member executive committee of the Green Bay Packers. (04-142 / 29 July 2004 / SH) Spanish camp draws middle and high school students to UW-Green Bay GREEN BAY - Nineteen middle and high school students attended the 2004 Spanish Intensive Language and Culture Camp at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The camp, which ran from July 18-23, featured daily language sessions involving students of similar proficiency as well as authentic foods, sports, crafts and games of Spanish-speaking countries. The camp was for students entering grades 7-12. All camp staff members were native speakers representing different Spanish-speaking countries. Attending the UW-Green Bay Spanish Intensive Language and Culture Camp were (listed by hometown): Algonquin, Ill. - Jennifer Dittmann; Appleton - Austin Bukovitz, Nettie Des Jardins, Autumn Lemke-Rochon; Elkhorn - Lori Jacoby; Green Bay - Sandra Gomez, Maria Sanchez, Veronica Sanchez, Erika Tapia, Kathryn Wolff; Hubertus - Julie Bayard; Madison - Jasmine Bradley Wilson, Eleanor Wroblewski; Shorewood - Lauren Gault; Trevor - Mary Pieger, Mercedes Salazar; Waterford - Amber Chavez; Wauwatosa - Jonathan Spence; Whitefish Bay - Emily Bobrowich. (04-141 / 28 July 2004 / SH) UW-Green Bay dedicates Paul Sager Tract of Cofrin Arboretum GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Wednesday (July 28) formally dedicated the Paul Sager Tract of the University's Cofrin Memorial Arboretum. The Paul Sager Tract covers 19.99 acres at the northeast corner of the UW-Green Bay campus. The tract is ecologically significant because it preserves the immediate drainage from a portion of the Niagara Escarpment and a major portion of the headwaters of Ledge Creek, which eventually flows into Green Bay. Sager is a retired UW-Green Bay professor of natural and applied sciences who has long been associated with the University and the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum. Throughout his career, he has been dedicated to the preservation of natural areas and the protection of water quality in the Green Bay watershed. Sager began his college teaching career in 1967 at the two-year UW Center in Green Bay, which was evolving into a full-fledged, four-year institution. He was a leader in helping UW-Green Bay achieve international distinction with its interdisciplinary academic focus and cutting-edge Environmental Sciences program. In his definitive research on the bay of Green Bay, he addressed the cause of the bay's most visible problems — excessive algae growth and decreased underwater light — as excessive phosphorus in the heavily fertilized watershed. Sager received the UW-Green Bay Founders Association Award for Scholarship in 1978 and for Institutional Development in 1993. He was the first holder of the Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Professorship of Natural Sciences from 1986 to 1991. Sager was named director of UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Memorial Arboretum in 1989. Under his leadership, the Arboretum experienced significant growth with new plantings, further restoration of wetlands and ponds, and University acquisition of properties including the tract being named in his honor. Additional improvements took place in the management of precious Door County natural areas at Toft Point and Peninsula Center sanctuary. The tract of land named for Sager was purchased in 1994 from former UW-Green Bay employee Robert Schott and his wife, Donna, with the assistance of the Nature Conservancy, donations by Dr. David A. Cofrin and the AEC Trust, and a matching grant from the Wisconsin Stewardship Program administered by the state Department of Natural Resources. The tract is part of the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum, a natural boundary of about 300 acres encircling the UW-Green Bay campus. Development of the Arboretum began in 1975 with a $575,000 gift from the family of the late John P. Cofrin. The Arboretum provides ready access for field trips and research projects. It is open year-round for use by joggers, skiers, bird watchers and casual nature enthusiasts. (04-140 / 27 July 2004 / SH) Wisconsin-Green Bay to host reception for Oregon-area alumni GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host a gathering for the University's alumni and their guests on Wednesday evening, Aug. 4, in the Portland metro area. The event begins at 6 p.m. at the Main Street Ale House, 333 N. Main St. in Gresham. Bruce and Cyndie Shepard will serve as hosts. Bruce Shepard, chancellor at Green Bay since 2001, formerly served as provost of Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, and as a professor and academic administrator at Oregon State University in Corvallis. Those interested in attending the Aug. 4 gathering should contact Mark S. Brunette, Wisconsin-Green Bay's director of alumni relations, at (920) 465-2586, or alumni@uwgb.edu. (04-139 / 20 July 2004 / CS) UW-Green Bay Summer Art Studio attracts 140 high school artists GREEN BAY - High school student artists from Wisconsin and two other states attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Summer Art Studio July 11-16. The high school art studio was targeted at student artists entering grades 10-12. Students devoted the entire week to a single course of study. Classes focused on ceramics, photography, metals and jewelry, screen-printing and numerous other areas of art. The 140 high school student artists attending the UW-Green Bay Summer Art Studio were (listed by hometown): Algonquin, Ill. - Jennifer Dittmann; Athens - Samantha Weise; Brown Deer - Nick Gordon; Cedarburg - Jamie O'Meara; Chilton - Max Frechette; Combined Locks - Erica Schuh; Cross Plains - Hannah Bartelt; De Pere - Laura Noppe; Kayla Stabilit; Kory Crossman, Lindsay DeGroot, Rayme VanBeaver, Aaron Waubanascum; Deerfield - Amanda Tanner; Delafield - Ellen Chase; Denmark - Emily Lindahl, Diamond Matzke; Edgerton - Anna Gimmer; Elk Mound - Trisha Stage; Elkhart Lake - Peter Diefenthaler; Elm Grove - Aaron Hoffmaschn; Exmore, Va. - Stephen Spence; Fond du Lac - Amy Geib; Franklin - Kari Rader; Glendale - Abbey Kagan, Namoi Lazear, Rebekah Lazear; Grafton - Jennifer Normann. Green Bay - Emily Bielinski, Amy Bins, Abbie Bowen, Alison Boyle, Rachel Bruno, Caitlin Carmody, Erin Cavanaugh, Ryan Dannieux, Jennifer Dohm, Sally Ebeling, Jessica Eldridge, Krissy Garot, Mark Hensel, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jeremy Jansen, Nadia Juhnke, Andre Korenak, Alexander Liebmann, Kelsey McCarey, Danielle Moore, Kate Mroczynski, Raine Nimmer, Denis Pohlman, Chris Reynolds, Jessica Royce, Victoria Schneider, Jessica Sizemore, Molly Skow, Tiffany Taylor, Benjamin Teegarden, Brittany Teegarden, Brooke Teegarden, Kari Thomson. Hales Corners - Kelly Lang, Nolan Peck; Hayward - Rachael Bradford; Helenville - Keaghan O'Reilly; Hortonville - Alyssa Sturzl; Iron Ridge - Melissa Zehner; Jefferson - Heather Stevenson; Keil - Ashley Rickert; Kimberly - Lydia Thao, Tou Yia Xiong; Kohler - Austin Clark, Alec Hildebrand; Lancaster - Chelsea Blackburn, Andy Steffel; Lodi - Catherine Lasee; Madison - Bridget Walker; Manitowoc - Preston Tuma; Marinette - Kira Brown; Marshfield - Deborah Scottberg; Mayville - Wilhelm Schaumburg; Menasha - Ryan Woolgar; Menomonee Falls - Kathleen Graczkowski, Whitney Maus, Jesse Woodruff; Middleton - Alyssa Boge, Diana Frank, Sarah Stolper; Milwaukee - Sarah Talaska, Dontrell Taylor, Joshua Turner, Kasia Wisniewski; Mishicot - Zed Steuer. Neenah - Matthew Lohry; New Berlin - Jeanette Henry; New Holstein - Ellen Buelow; Oakfield - Ashley Freund; Oconomowoc - Elizabeth Faust, Amanda Smith; Oshkosh - Brittany Bohlman; Pelican Lake - Alexandra Krohn; Peshtigo - Kyle Berman, Norah Springer; Pewaukee - Abigale VanDam; Phelps - Oona Cordray; Port Washington - Morgan Kempfer; Reedsburg - Ariel Svetlik; Richfield - Jaclyn Poeschl; Ripon - Shannon Cowell, Rachel Icenogle; Roscoe, Ill. - Kristin Mommers. Schofield - Deidra Connors; Sheboygan Falls - Kathryn Fischer, Zachary Williams; Sobieski - Maria Nier; Spring Green - Jessica Rogers, William Schwanke; St. Francis - Noelle Reading; Sturgeon Bay - Logan Woods; Two Rivers - Nicole Papierniak; Union Grove - Alecia Waupoose; Waldo - Kayla Buelke; Watertown - Annalise Arps, Gabriel Brandl, Sarah Schempf, Rebecca Schmidt, Jerimiah Terry; Waukesha - Jena Knutson, Ashley Wiencek; Wausau - Lauren Seering, Carolyn Swanborg, Anee Vang; Wauwatosa - Elizabeth Bogart, Emma Fowler, Emily Kozik; West Allis - Leanne DuCharme, Meghan Foster; Wisconsin Rapids - Carrie Dorski, Melissa Miller, Kaitlyn Pepp. (04-138 / 20 July 2004 / SH) UW-Green Bay hosts second annual watershed monitoring workshop GREEN BAY - The Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program will hold its second annual workshop for high school science teachers July 19-21 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Teachers from five area high schools — Green Bay Southwest, Green Bay Preble, Markesan, Luxemburg-Casco and Appleton East — will work with university researchers to review and learn more about the community-based monitoring program. The workshop will include an update on water-quality monitoring procedures, an in-stream review of field methods, and instruction in accessing data collected by student-teacher teams and other program partners. The monitoring program, funded by a $1.5 million grant from Arjo Wiggins Appleton, is aimed at providing independent, high-quality data that can be used to help make decisions to improve water quality and restore habitat. The multi-year program is designed to enhance student, teacher and community understanding and stewardship of the Fox River Watershed. The program includes students and teachers from area high schools, students and researchers from UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee, the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Program director Kevin Fermanich, UW-Green Bay associate professor of natural and applied sciences, said teachers have tested and implemented an ambitious student monitoring program in their schools during the watershed program's first year. "The goals of this workshop are to assist teachers in refining and improving the quality of the data they collect and to have the teachers learn how the data can be used by their students to better understand watersheds and stream ecosystems," Fermanich said. A major emphasis will be on helping teachers investigate what their data means and how to use it with students to develop and answer questions about watershed conditions. Workshop sessions will be led by Fermanich, Prof. Tim Ehlinger from UW-Milwaukee, Prof. Robert Howe from UW-Green Bay, and research specialists and graduate students from UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee. During the first year of the program, eight teachers worked with about 70 high school students to begin conducting monitoring programs. Each student-teacher team collects data within a sub-watershed of the Fox River basin. Their monitoring programs include periodic water-quality testing, assessments of stream corridor habitat, and bird and frog surveys. For more information about the Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program, visit the program's Web site at www.uwgb.edu/watershed. (Media are invited to attend workshop events and interview participants. The best time for photo opportunities will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 19 when teachers and staff meet at the Apple Creek Campground near Wrightstown for a field review session and tour of a monitoring site. To get to the campground, take U.S. Highway 41 south to County Highway U. Turn right off the exit ramp. The campground is at 3831 County Highway U.) (04-137 / 14 July 2004 / SH) Students from three states attended UW-Green Bay Vocal Jazz and Gospel Camp GREEN BAY - High school students from Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Vocal Jazz and Gospel Choir Camp July 5-9. The student vocalists were immersed in a schedule of ensemble rehearsals, solo vocal coaching, jazz theory and improvisation, and studio recording. Clinic and private lessons were offered throughout the week. The camp concluded with a final performance Friday, July 9 on the main stage of the UW-Green Bay University Theatre. Students attending the UW-Green Bay Vocal Jazz and Gospel Choir Camp (listed by hometown) were: Ashwaubenon - Kelsey Schmitz; Briggsville - Caitlin Morrison; Brillion - Emily Christianson, Katie Horn, Jessica Krueger; Champaign, Ill. - Chike Coleman; Deerfield - Caitlin Gmitro, Michelle Schuster; Denmark - Sarah Giuliana; De Pere - Holly D'Anna; Elkhorn - Amanda Ketchpaw; Fond du Lac - Eva Thelen; Gillett - Abraham Clark, Kristie Fifield, Kristina Fullerton, Jacob Grenke, Lindsey Nienstedt. Green Bay - Kaitlin Anderson, Gloria DeGrave, Alyse Delie, Andrea Heesaker, Christopher McIntyre, Joseph Smeall, Lisa VanderZanden, Margaret Walsingham, Tracy Rusch; Greenleaf - Brittany Collins; Kaukauna - Hanna Michaels; Kenosha - Elizabeth Stone; Kewaunee - Jessie Cretton; Little Suamico - Lauren Haight; Madison - Connie Burrell; Manitowoc - Melanie Rose; Marion - Kristian Blaas; Medford - Katelyn Hartl, Angela Lindahl; Mequon - Alliy Bailey; Milwaukee - Stephanie Steeves. Neenah - Kimberly Alswager, April Linne; New Franken - Molly LeCaptain; Norway, Mich. - Kyle Huglen; Oneida - Lauren Hoeft, Alexander Jacques; Pulcifer - Faith Laatsch; Reedsville - Brittany Glasow; Rhinelander - Brittany Bonnell; Saukville - Michelle Stephens; Slinger - Carly Blair; Waterloo - William Landrum; Wautoma - Michael Gawne, Alyssa Morrin; Wrightstown - Hannah Tjoflat. (04-136 / 13 July 2004 / SH) Middle school artists attended UW-Green Bay Summer Art Studio GREEN BAY - More than 100 middle school student artists attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Summer Art Studio July 5-9. Middle school campers entering grades 6-9 chose four class options and were assigned to their top two available choices. The two-class arrangement allowed students to explore more media. Classes focused on fine art photography, ceramics, digital art and design, realistic drawing and other areas of art. Attending the Middle School Summer Art Studio (listed by hometown) were: Antioch, Ill. - Connor Chelmecki; Appleton - Katherine Fischer, Anne Gregory, Lukas Olynyk; Brookfield - Margaret Rusch; De Pere - Samantha Mathias, Natalie Renier, Charlotte Anderson, William Anderson, Madeline Chitwood, Lindsay Neu, Jessica Crooks; Edgerton - Jessica Everly; Elkhart Lake - Hannah Butzen; Fitchburg - Adam Wunsch. Green Bay - Claire Bassett, Alex Boyle, Nathanial Brandner, Carmen Demlow, Cassi Dorff, Phillip Enderby, Justin Fictum, Shelby Gardner, Thomas Gray, Kyle Hoppe, Kira Jankowski, Andrew Jelinsky, Doug Jensen, Nathaniel Maas, Nicolas Maas, Sara McDonald, Nathan Meyer, Colin Nelson, Thor Nothstine, Anna Oliver, Kara Pollatz, Daniel Putman, Xander Renish, Samantha Roovers, Gunnar Ross, Reed Sarosiek, Casey Schwartz, Dylan Schwartz, Claire Shive, Rachel Standa, Gerilee Sundstrom, Brittany Taylor, Sonja Thorgersen, Eric Torbenson, Bradley Trotter, Gregory Umhoefer, Riley Vandervest, Drew Waterman, Kiefer Waterman, Ryan Weix; Green Lake - Kathryn Kramlich. Hales Corners - Annamarie Carlson; Itasca, Ill. - Alexandra Bahena, Heather Neylon; Keshena - Kenny Peters, Alison Wolf; Larsen - Brit Soule, Paige VanOudenhoven; Luxemburg - Stacy Miesler, Samuel Thorne; Menasha - Gina Camozzi; Mequon - Lauren D'Amico, Maria Sweetland; Mercer - Joseph Pinzl; Neenah - Victoria Bates, Ryan McFarland; Neopit - Georgia Tourtillott; Neshkoro - Rachael Venton-Walters; New London - Cara Hutchinson; Victor Martinson, David Wright; Oconto - Breanna Casper; Oneida - Shanice Gollnick, Olivia Hoeft, Daniel Modaff; Oshkosh - Alexander Engel, Shane Kramlich. Peshtigo - Breanne Behnke, Brittney Kline, Jayna Rouse; Schofield - Krista Connors, Janessa Hintz; Sheboygan Falls - Natalie Faas, Kyle Lovegrove, Kayla Wieseckel; Slinger - Rebecca Summ; Stoughton - Jeff Mason, Max Nobiensky; Sturgeon Bay - Hazel Billing; Suamico - Thomas Richer; Waldo - Mandy Willadsen; Watertown - Amber Finger, Shawna Price; Waukesha - Matthew Ameel, Katherine Grisa; Wausau - Lor Pao Chang, Elizabeth Crooks, Pheng Lee; Wauwatosa - James Dolence; Weston - Jaya Sita Charbarneau, Carly Wieman. (04-135 / 13 July 2004 / SH) Middle school students attended UW-Green Bay Computer Camp GREEN BAY - Middle school students had opportunities to be Webmasters and multimedia specialists at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Computer Camp June 20-25. Eleven students entering grades 7-9 designed their own Web pages and created presentations with sound, digital images and digital video. The students, who were recommended for the camp by parents, teachers and guidance counselors, shared what they learned at the camp in a final "poster session" for family and friends June 25 in the University's Cofrin Library. Students attending the 2004 UW-Green Bay Computer Camp (listed by hometown) were: Green Bay - Kayla Cooney, Thomas Gray, Heather Hack, Kristin VanDenBerg; Luxemburg - Samuel Thorne; Marinette - Tyler Biswabic; Oneida - Brandon Kryger, Taylor Lewin; Phillips - Celeste Hein; Racine - Luisa Bacalso; Stoughton - Aaron Baratz. (04-134 / 6 July 2004 / SH) UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble Camp featured high school musicians GREEN BAY - More than 100 high school student musicians attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble Camp June 27-July 2. The Jazz Ensemble Camp provided participants entering grades 8-12 with in-depth experience in jazz ensemble performance, master classes, jazz theory, improvisation and arranging. The camp's faculty was made up of some of the best jazz performers and educators in the country. Attendees gave a final performance on the main stage of UW-Green Bay's University Theatre. Student musicians attending the Jazz Ensemble Camp were: Appleton - Nicole Klug, Josef Olynyk; Baraboo - Jon Linley; De Pere - Holly D'Anna; Colin Eggers; Ben Hogan, Dominic Peeters; Leah Weyers, Michael Oldenburg; Joseph Rudd, David Stangel, Matthew Stangel, Kyle-Ryan Tillman, Christopher Winter; Denmark - Richard Terrien. Eagle River - Stefanie Massignan; Egg Harbor - Emily Moravec; Elkhorn - Blake Majewski; Fall River - Zachariah Fuller; Fond du Lac - Alyssa Bruns; Francis Creek - John Lightbody; Franklin - Justin Flasch. Green Bay - Johsua Atkins, Daniel Bader, Zachary Bader, Mike Blair, Nicholas Boreen, Andrew Deckert, Amanda Dietrich, Brigette Douthitt, Daniel Dziewit, Haley Garland, Thomas Gray, Adam Hatlak, Kevin Heim, Andrew Jelinsky, Sean Kennedy, Robyn Lauritsen, Amy Linzmeyer, Matt McNulty, Nicholas Miller, Michael Mineau, Aaron Moon, Matthew Nelson, Raine Nimmer, Michael Oates, Zach Schneider, Eric Schultz, Nathan Seager, Gregory Siegrist, Jamie Stark, Brian Stauber, Ava Teresi, Curtis Weisse. Hartford - Andrew Kirchman, Joel Lundberg, Christian Luthi; Houghton, Mich. - Jay Meldrum, Tess Steube, Andrew Wisti; Luxemburg - Hana Steffel, Kristen Stodola; Madison - Rachael Cooper, Alex Marconnet, Margaret Richardson; Manitowoc - Katie Auchter, Benjamin Burish, Garett Dissmore, Craig Edgar, Chris Firkus, Toni McMahon, Jordan Waack; Marinette - Eamon Flynn; Milwaukee - Nelson Devereaux; Mundelein, Ill. - Greg Havlik. Neenah - Nicholas LaVake, Jim Wittmann; Neshkoro - Bret Walejko; North Fond du Lac - Mark Lefeber, Nathan Schultz; Oshkosh - Jeffery Brown, James Sawicki, Benjamin Seidl; Plymouth - Paul Graening; Port Washington - Matthew Doers; Portage - Blair Booth, Sami Farrey, Dustan Garrigan, Keisey Garrigan, David Starry; Richfield - Justin Paul. Scotts, Mich. - Erika Rohrs; Sheboygan - Andrew Knoedler, Joseph Knoedler, Timothy Knoedler, John Mahnke; St. Cloud, Fla. - Carmen Petersen; Sturgeon Bay - Casey Riley; Two Rivers - Eric Olp, Carl Schlegel; Wadsworth, Ohio - Andrew McBain; Wauwatosa - Jason Fabus, Sam Shapson. (04-133 / 7 July 2004 / SH) UW-Green Bay Extended Degree students awarded scholarships GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Extended Degree Program has awarded scholarships to four students in the program. The innovative Extended Degree Program provides a higher education to nontraditional students who otherwise would not have the opportunity. It uses distance learning delivery methods to accommodate the needs of returning adult students. The following scholarships were awarded to Extended Degree students for the 2004-05 academic year: • Elizabeth Eleanor Wyngaard Scholarship: $1,000 to Vickie Dansbury, Beloit, and $500 to James Tobias-Becker, De Pere. • Patricia L. Hoppe Scholarship: $750 to Amanda Dornfeld, Little Chute. • Dr. Katharine Olski Scholarship: $750 to Amy Dvorak, Mishicot. The Wyngaard and Hoppe scholarships were established in memory of former UW-Green Bay Extended Degree students. The Olski scholarship honors a former director of the program. The scholarships recognize nontraditional students who exhibit maturity, ability and desire to meet the program's challenges. Extended Degree students attend Saturday classes and work independently between classes. Classes also are offered online and through audio and videotape. (04-132 / 6 July 2004 / SH) NASA awards five-year extension to Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium GREEN BAY - The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium has received a five-year program and funding renewal from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The extension means the 26-member Consortium, headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will receive $475,000 a year for the next five years from NASA. The federal space agency authorized the extension after a performance review of the Consortium. Consortium Director Aileen Yingst said the renewal gives the Space Grant Consortium and its many programs long-term stability. "It demonstrates that NASA fully appreciates the good work we're doing for Wisconsin students and citizens, and is willing to invest another five years of time, effort and funding in our office," Yingst said. The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium fosters the recruitment and support of students in science, mathematics and technology by funding research, student scholarships and outreach projects in a wide variety of fields related to aerospace. Through Space Grant-funded programs, hundreds of Wisconsin students have conducted experiments in micro-gravity, built and launched rockets and high-altitude balloons, learned about aviation in summer camp settings, and taken part in other learning experiences relating to aerospace. Yingst said the program and funding renewal ensures that programs such as the Student Satellite Initiative not only will continue to be available to Wisconsin students, but will be able to grow and expand. The student satellite program gives college and university students the opportunity to design and launch their own aerospace missions, using weather balloons that travel to the "edge" of space. Students face engineering issues similar to real problems faced by NASA employees and researchers. The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium formed in 1991. Members include Alverno College; Astronautics Corp. of America, Milwaukee and Madison; BioPharmaceutical Technology Corp. Institute, Madison; Carroll College; the College of the Menominee Nation; Great Lakes Spaceport Education Foundation, Inc., Sheboygan; Lawrence University; Marquette University; the Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee School of Engineering; Orbital Technologies Corp., Madison; Ripon College; Space Explorers, Inc., De Pere; the Universities of Wisconsin at Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Parkside, Superior and Whitewater; the Wisconsin Association of CESA Administrators; the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; the Wisconsin Department of Transportation; Wisconsin Lutheran College; and the Wisconsin Space Business Roundtable. UW-Green Bay has been the lead institution since fall 2000. To learn more about the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and its various funding opportunities, contact the Consortium by phone at (920) 465-2108 or by e-mail at wsgc@uwgb.edu or visit its Web site at www.uwgb.edu/WSGC. (04-131 / 6 July 2004 / SH)

July 2004

History seminars

Chancellor's Council of Trustees

Spanish Language Camp

Paul Sager Tract dedication

Oregon alumni reception

High School Art Studio

Watershed monitoring workshop

Vocal Jazz and Gospel Camp

Middle School Art Studio

Computer Camp

Jazz Ensemble Camp

Extended Degree scholarships

Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium

History seminars at UW-Green Bay feature prominent historians

GREEN BAY - Northeastern Wisconsin history teachers will work and study with prominent historians and scholars in an intensive program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Weeklong seminars on teaching American history, scheduled for Aug. 1-6 and Aug. 8-13, will feature nationally known scholars and a local curriculum development expert. Thirty-five teachers of U.S. history will participate in each seminar.

The summer seminars at UW-Green Bay are part of the Teaching American History program, which aims to improve teaching, learning and student achievement in history, focusing on grades five through 12.

UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Kersten, academic director of the project, said the primary goal of the seminars is to help raise student achievement by reconnecting teachers with historical content and using curriculum design techniques to develop ideas for lesson plans.

"In addition to all the academic goals, we hope it's a fun week for teachers," he said.

Nationally known instructors leading the summer seminars are:

• John Bracey, a member of the W.E.B. DuBois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He has been published widely on black American history and received the Zora Neale Hurston-Paul Robeson Award for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.

• William P. Jones, a member of the Department of History at UW-Milwaukee. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jones' research and teaching interests focus on U.S. labor and African-American history. He has published in journals and anthologies.

• Melani McAlister, who teaches American Studies at the George Washington University. McAliser, whose commentary on events of Sept. 11, 2001 was solicited as part of a special issue of the Journal of American History, will put the events of Sept. 11 into a broad historical context.

• Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism at Columbia University. He is author or editor of 11 books, most recently Letters to a Young Archivist. Gitlin has received research grants from organizations including the MacArthur Foundation and the national Endowment for the Humanities.

Linda Pletcher, who teaches unit design for the Cooperative Educational Services Agency (CESA) 7 and at UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College, will work with teachers in designing lesson plans and teaching units.

The three-year Teaching American History program is funded by an $822,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

UW-Green Bay professors of American history and staff from CESA 7 collaborated to design the program. Other partners include the Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Heritage Hill State Park, the Brown County Historical Society, the Center for History and Social Change at UW-Green Bay, and the Area Research Center at UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Library.

More information about the Teaching American History program and the summer seminars is available on the Web at http://www.uwgb.edu/teachingushistory.

(04-143 / 29 July 2004 / SH)

Beideman, Harden join UW-Green Bay Chancellor's Council of Trustees

GREEN BAY - Two community leaders have been named to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor's Council of Trustees, Chancellor Bruce Shepard announced today.

The new trustees are:

• Paul S. Beideman, president and chief executive officer of Associated Banc-Corp. Associated is a $15.2 billion financial services company based in Wisconsin, with operations throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Eastern Minnesota.

• Donald F. Harden, a consultant to Bellin Health. Harden recently retired after 10 years as president of the Bellin Foundation. The foundation is the philanthropic arm of Bellin Health, an integrated health-care delivery system serving Northeastern Wisconsin.

The 14-member Chancellor's Council of Trustees advises the Chancellor and University and serves as a liaison between UW-Green Bay and the community at large.

Chancellor Shepard said he is pleased that Harden and Beideman are supporting UW-Green Bay through their service on the Council of Trustees.

"I look forward to working with these two men whose leadership and commitment to the community will be invaluable to UW-Green Bay," Shepard said.

Beideman assumed leadership of Associated in April 2003. He came to Green Bay from Philadelphia where he served as chairman of Mellon Financial Corp.'s Mid-Atlantic Region and a member of Mellon's senior management team. He managed Mellon's Retail Financial Services Division, with responsibility for management of retail banking, business banking and private banking operations.

Beideman previously served on the boards of trustees of Widener University and the Philadelphia Zoo.

Harden has lengthy ties to UW-Green Bay. Prior to joining the Bellin Foundation, he served as a member of the UW-Green Bay faculty and administration from 1970 to 1994. As associate chancellor, he had responsibility for a wide range of areas including academic support, student services, athletics, university advancement and community relations.

The University has recognized Harden's contributions in numerous ways. In 1993, he was named a charter member of the UW-Green Bay Phoenix Hall of Fame for his efforts on behalf of the University's NCAA Division I athletics program. In 1998, UW-Green Bay honored Harden by naming a new residence hall "Donald F. Harden Hall."

Harden also has an extensive record of volunteer service to the community. He has served on boards of directors of numerous organizations, led the Brown County United Way and currently serves on the seven-member executive committee of the Green Bay Packers.

(04-142 / 29 July 2004 / SH)

Spanish camp draws middle and high school students to UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Nineteen middle and high school students attended the 2004 Spanish Intensive Language and Culture Camp at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The camp, which ran from July 18-23, featured daily language sessions involving students of similar proficiency as well as authentic foods, sports, crafts and games of Spanish-speaking countries. The camp was for students entering grades 7-12.

All camp staff members were native speakers representing different Spanish-speaking countries.

Attending the UW-Green Bay Spanish Intensive Language and Culture Camp were (listed by hometown):

Algonquin, Ill. - Jennifer Dittmann; Appleton - Austin Bukovitz, Nettie Des Jardins, Autumn Lemke-Rochon; Elkhorn - Lori Jacoby; Green Bay - Sandra Gomez, Maria Sanchez, Veronica Sanchez, Erika Tapia, Kathryn Wolff; Hubertus - Julie Bayard; Madison - Jasmine Bradley Wilson, Eleanor Wroblewski; Shorewood - Lauren Gault; Trevor - Mary Pieger, Mercedes Salazar; Waterford - Amber Chavez; Wauwatosa - Jonathan Spence; Whitefish Bay - Emily Bobrowich.

(04-141 / 28 July 2004 / SH)

UW-Green Bay dedicates Paul Sager Tract of Cofrin Arboretum

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Wednesday (July 28) formally dedicated the Paul Sager Tract of the University's Cofrin Memorial Arboretum.

The Paul Sager Tract covers 19.99 acres at the northeast corner of the UW-Green Bay campus. The tract is ecologically significant because it preserves the immediate drainage from a portion of the Niagara Escarpment and a major portion of the headwaters of Ledge Creek, which eventually flows into Green Bay.

Sager is a retired UW-Green Bay professor of natural and applied sciences who has long been associated with the University and the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum. Throughout his career, he has been dedicated to the preservation of natural areas and the protection of water quality in the Green Bay watershed.

Sager began his college teaching career in 1967 at the two-year UW Center in Green Bay, which was evolving into a full-fledged, four-year institution. He was a leader in helping UW-Green Bay achieve international distinction with its interdisciplinary academic focus and cutting-edge Environmental Sciences program.

In his definitive research on the bay of Green Bay, he addressed the cause of the bay's most visible problems — excessive algae growth and decreased underwater light — as excessive phosphorus in the heavily fertilized watershed.

Sager received the UW-Green Bay Founders Association Award for Scholarship in 1978 and for Institutional Development in 1993. He was the first holder of the Barbara Hauxhurst Cofrin Professorship of Natural Sciences from 1986 to 1991.

Sager was named director of UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Memorial Arboretum in 1989. Under his leadership, the Arboretum experienced significant growth with new plantings, further restoration of wetlands and ponds, and University acquisition of properties including the tract being named in his honor. Additional improvements took place in the management of precious Door County natural areas at Toft Point and Peninsula Center sanctuary.

The tract of land named for Sager was purchased in 1994 from former UW-Green Bay employee Robert Schott and his wife, Donna, with the assistance of the Nature Conservancy, donations by Dr. David A. Cofrin and the AEC Trust, and a matching grant from the Wisconsin Stewardship Program administered by the state Department of Natural Resources.

The tract is part of the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum, a natural boundary of about 300 acres encircling the UW-Green Bay campus. Development of the Arboretum began in 1975 with a $575,000 gift from the family of the late John P. Cofrin.

The Arboretum provides ready access for field trips and research projects. It is open year-round for use by joggers, skiers, bird watchers and casual nature enthusiasts.

(04-140 / 27 July 2004 / SH)

Wisconsin-Green Bay to host reception for Oregon-area alumni

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host a gathering for the University's alumni and their guests on Wednesday evening, Aug. 4, in the Portland metro area.

The event begins at 6 p.m. at the Main Street Ale House, 333 N. Main St. in Gresham.

Bruce and Cyndie Shepard will serve as hosts. Bruce Shepard, chancellor at Green Bay since 2001, formerly served as provost of Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, and as a professor and academic administrator at Oregon State University in Corvallis.

Those interested in attending the Aug. 4 gathering should contact Mark S. Brunette, Wisconsin-Green Bay's director of alumni relations, at (920) 465-2586, or alumni@uwgb.edu.

(04-139 / 20 July 2004 / CS)

UW-Green Bay Summer Art Studio attracts 140 high school artists

GREEN BAY - High school student artists from Wisconsin and two other states attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Summer Art Studio July 11-16.

The high school art studio was targeted at student artists entering grades 10-12.

Students devoted the entire week to a single course of study. Classes focused on ceramics, photography, metals and jewelry, screen-printing and numerous other areas of art.

The 140 high school student artists attending the UW-Green Bay Summer Art Studio were (listed by hometown):

Algonquin, Ill. - Jennifer Dittmann; Athens - Samantha Weise; Brown Deer - Nick Gordon; Cedarburg - Jamie O'Meara; Chilton - Max Frechette; Combined Locks - Erica Schuh; Cross Plains - Hannah Bartelt; De Pere - Laura Noppe; Kayla Stabilit; Kory Crossman, Lindsay DeGroot, Rayme VanBeaver, Aaron Waubanascum; Deerfield - Amanda Tanner; Delafield - Ellen Chase; Denmark - Emily Lindahl, Diamond Matzke; Edgerton - Anna Gimmer; Elk Mound - Trisha Stage; Elkhart Lake - Peter Diefenthaler; Elm Grove - Aaron Hoffmaschn; Exmore, Va. - Stephen Spence; Fond du Lac - Amy Geib; Franklin - Kari Rader; Glendale - Abbey Kagan, Namoi Lazear, Rebekah Lazear; Grafton - Jennifer Normann.

Green Bay - Emily Bielinski, Amy Bins, Abbie Bowen, Alison Boyle, Rachel Bruno, Caitlin Carmody, Erin Cavanaugh, Ryan Dannieux, Jennifer Dohm, Sally Ebeling, Jessica Eldridge, Krissy Garot, Mark Hensel, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jeremy Jansen, Nadia Juhnke, Andre Korenak, Alexander Liebmann, Kelsey McCarey, Danielle Moore, Kate Mroczynski, Raine Nimmer, Denis Pohlman, Chris Reynolds, Jessica Royce, Victoria Schneider, Jessica Sizemore, Molly Skow, Tiffany Taylor, Benjamin Teegarden, Brittany Teegarden, Brooke Teegarden, Kari Thomson.

Hales Corners - Kelly Lang, Nolan Peck; Hayward - Rachael Bradford; Helenville - Keaghan O'Reilly; Hortonville - Alyssa Sturzl; Iron Ridge - Melissa Zehner; Jefferson - Heather Stevenson; Keil - Ashley Rickert; Kimberly - Lydia Thao, Tou Yia Xiong; Kohler - Austin Clark, Alec Hildebrand; Lancaster - Chelsea Blackburn, Andy Steffel; Lodi - Catherine Lasee; Madison - Bridget Walker; Manitowoc - Preston Tuma; Marinette - Kira Brown; Marshfield - Deborah Scottberg; Mayville - Wilhelm Schaumburg; Menasha - Ryan Woolgar; Menomonee Falls - Kathleen Graczkowski, Whitney Maus, Jesse Woodruff; Middleton - Alyssa Boge, Diana Frank, Sarah Stolper; Milwaukee - Sarah Talaska, Dontrell Taylor, Joshua Turner, Kasia Wisniewski; Mishicot - Zed Steuer.

Neenah - Matthew Lohry; New Berlin - Jeanette Henry; New Holstein - Ellen Buelow; Oakfield - Ashley Freund; Oconomowoc - Elizabeth Faust, Amanda Smith; Oshkosh - Brittany Bohlman; Pelican Lake - Alexandra Krohn; Peshtigo - Kyle Berman, Norah Springer; Pewaukee - Abigale VanDam; Phelps - Oona Cordray; Port Washington - Morgan Kempfer; Reedsburg - Ariel Svetlik; Richfield - Jaclyn Poeschl; Ripon - Shannon Cowell, Rachel Icenogle; Roscoe, Ill. - Kristin Mommers.

Schofield - Deidra Connors; Sheboygan Falls - Kathryn Fischer, Zachary Williams; Sobieski - Maria Nier; Spring Green - Jessica Rogers, William Schwanke; St. Francis - Noelle Reading; Sturgeon Bay - Logan Woods; Two Rivers - Nicole Papierniak; Union Grove - Alecia Waupoose; Waldo - Kayla Buelke; Watertown - Annalise Arps, Gabriel Brandl, Sarah Schempf, Rebecca Schmidt, Jerimiah Terry; Waukesha - Jena Knutson, Ashley Wiencek; Wausau - Lauren Seering, Carolyn Swanborg, Anee Vang; Wauwatosa - Elizabeth Bogart, Emma Fowler, Emily Kozik; West Allis - Leanne DuCharme, Meghan Foster; Wisconsin Rapids - Carrie Dorski, Melissa Miller, Kaitlyn Pepp.

(04-138 / 20 July 2004 / SH)

UW-Green Bay hosts second annual watershed monitoring workshop

GREEN BAY - The Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program will hold its second annual workshop for high school science teachers July 19-21 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Teachers from five area high schools — Green Bay Southwest, Green Bay Preble, Markesan, Luxemburg-Casco and Appleton East — will work with university researchers to review and learn more about the community-based monitoring program.

The workshop will include an update on water-quality monitoring procedures, an in-stream review of field methods, and instruction in accessing data collected by student-teacher teams and other program partners.

The monitoring program, funded by a $1.5 million grant from Arjo Wiggins Appleton, is aimed at providing independent, high-quality data that can be used to help make decisions to improve water quality and restore habitat. The multi-year program is designed to enhance student, teacher and community understanding and stewardship of the Fox River Watershed.

The program includes students and teachers from area high schools, students and researchers from UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee, the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

Program director Kevin Fermanich, UW-Green Bay associate professor of natural and applied sciences, said teachers have tested and implemented an ambitious student monitoring program in their schools during the watershed program's first year.

"The goals of this workshop are to assist teachers in refining and improving the quality of the data they collect and to have the teachers learn how the data can be used by their students to better understand watersheds and stream ecosystems," Fermanich said.

A major emphasis will be on helping teachers investigate what their data means and how to use it with students to develop and answer questions about watershed conditions.

Workshop sessions will be led by Fermanich, Prof. Tim Ehlinger from UW-Milwaukee, Prof. Robert Howe from UW-Green Bay, and research specialists and graduate students from UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee.

During the first year of the program, eight teachers worked with about 70 high school students to begin conducting monitoring programs. Each student-teacher team collects data within a sub-watershed of the Fox River basin. Their monitoring programs include periodic water-quality testing, assessments of stream corridor habitat, and bird and frog surveys.

For more information about the Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program, visit the program's Web site at www.uwgb.edu/watershed.

(Media are invited to attend workshop events and interview participants. The best time for photo opportunities will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, July 19 when teachers and staff meet at the Apple Creek Campground near Wrightstown for a field review session and tour of a monitoring site. To get to the campground, take U.S. Highway 41 south to County Highway U. Turn right off the exit ramp. The campground is at 3831 County Highway U.)

(04-137 / 14 July 2004 / SH)

Students from three states attended UW-Green Bay Vocal Jazz and Gospel Camp

GREEN BAY - High school students from Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Vocal Jazz and Gospel Choir Camp July 5-9.

The student vocalists were immersed in a schedule of ensemble rehearsals, solo vocal coaching, jazz theory and improvisation, and studio recording. Clinic and private lessons were offered throughout the week.

The camp concluded with a final performance Friday, July 9 on the main stage of the UW-Green Bay University Theatre.

Students attending the UW-Green Bay Vocal Jazz and Gospel Choir Camp (listed by hometown) were:

Ashwaubenon - Kelsey Schmitz; Briggsville - Caitlin Morrison; Brillion - Emily Christianson, Katie Horn, Jessica Krueger; Champaign, Ill. - Chike Coleman; Deerfield - Caitlin Gmitro, Michelle Schuster; Denmark - Sarah Giuliana; De Pere - Holly D'Anna; Elkhorn - Amanda Ketchpaw; Fond du Lac - Eva Thelen; Gillett - Abraham Clark, Kristie Fifield, Kristina Fullerton, Jacob Grenke, Lindsey Nienstedt.

Green Bay - Kaitlin Anderson, Gloria DeGrave, Alyse Delie, Andrea Heesaker, Christopher McIntyre, Joseph Smeall, Lisa VanderZanden, Margaret Walsingham, Tracy Rusch; Greenleaf - Brittany Collins; Kaukauna - Hanna Michaels; Kenosha - Elizabeth Stone; Kewaunee - Jessie Cretton; Little Suamico - Lauren Haight; Madison - Connie Burrell; Manitowoc - Melanie Rose; Marion - Kristian Blaas; Medford - Katelyn Hartl, Angela Lindahl; Mequon - Alliy Bailey; Milwaukee - Stephanie Steeves.

Neenah - Kimberly Alswager, April Linne; New Franken - Molly LeCaptain; Norway, Mich. - Kyle Huglen; Oneida - Lauren Hoeft, Alexander Jacques; Pulcifer - Faith Laatsch; Reedsville - Brittany Glasow; Rhinelander - Brittany Bonnell; Saukville - Michelle Stephens; Slinger - Carly Blair; Waterloo - William Landrum; Wautoma - Michael Gawne, Alyssa Morrin; Wrightstown - Hannah Tjoflat.

(04-136 / 13 July 2004 / SH)

Middle school artists attended UW-Green Bay Summer Art Studio

GREEN BAY - More than 100 middle school student artists attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Summer Art Studio July 5-9.

Middle school campers entering grades 6-9 chose four class options and were assigned to their top two available choices. The two-class arrangement allowed students to explore more media.

Classes focused on fine art photography, ceramics, digital art and design, realistic drawing and other areas of art.

Attending the Middle School Summer Art Studio (listed by hometown) were:

Antioch, Ill. - Connor Chelmecki; Appleton - Katherine Fischer, Anne Gregory, Lukas Olynyk; Brookfield - Margaret Rusch; De Pere - Samantha Mathias, Natalie Renier, Charlotte Anderson, William Anderson, Madeline Chitwood, Lindsay Neu, Jessica Crooks; Edgerton - Jessica Everly; Elkhart Lake - Hannah Butzen; Fitchburg - Adam Wunsch.

Green Bay - Claire Bassett, Alex Boyle, Nathanial Brandner, Carmen Demlow, Cassi Dorff, Phillip Enderby, Justin Fictum, Shelby Gardner, Thomas Gray, Kyle Hoppe, Kira Jankowski, Andrew Jelinsky, Doug Jensen, Nathaniel Maas, Nicolas Maas, Sara McDonald, Nathan Meyer, Colin Nelson, Thor Nothstine, Anna Oliver, Kara Pollatz, Daniel Putman, Xander Renish, Samantha Roovers, Gunnar Ross, Reed Sarosiek, Casey Schwartz, Dylan Schwartz, Claire Shive, Rachel Standa, Gerilee Sundstrom, Brittany Taylor, Sonja Thorgersen, Eric Torbenson, Bradley Trotter, Gregory Umhoefer, Riley Vandervest, Drew Waterman, Kiefer Waterman, Ryan Weix; Green Lake - Kathryn Kramlich.

Hales Corners - Annamarie Carlson; Itasca, Ill. - Alexandra Bahena, Heather Neylon; Keshena - Kenny Peters, Alison Wolf; Larsen - Brit Soule, Paige VanOudenhoven; Luxemburg - Stacy Miesler, Samuel Thorne; Menasha - Gina Camozzi; Mequon - Lauren D'Amico, Maria Sweetland; Mercer - Joseph Pinzl; Neenah - Victoria Bates, Ryan McFarland; Neopit - Georgia Tourtillott; Neshkoro - Rachael Venton-Walters; New London - Cara Hutchinson; Victor Martinson, David Wright; Oconto - Breanna Casper; Oneida - Shanice Gollnick, Olivia Hoeft, Daniel Modaff; Oshkosh - Alexander Engel, Shane Kramlich.

Peshtigo - Breanne Behnke, Brittney Kline, Jayna Rouse; Schofield - Krista Connors, Janessa Hintz; Sheboygan Falls - Natalie Faas, Kyle Lovegrove, Kayla Wieseckel; Slinger - Rebecca Summ; Stoughton - Jeff Mason, Max Nobiensky; Sturgeon Bay - Hazel Billing; Suamico - Thomas Richer; Waldo - Mandy Willadsen; Watertown - Amber Finger, Shawna Price; Waukesha - Matthew Ameel, Katherine Grisa; Wausau - Lor Pao Chang, Elizabeth Crooks, Pheng Lee; Wauwatosa - James Dolence; Weston - Jaya Sita Charbarneau, Carly Wieman.

(04-135 / 13 July 2004 / SH)

Middle school students attended
UW-Green Bay Computer Camp

GREEN BAY - Middle school students had opportunities to be Webmasters and multimedia specialists at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Computer Camp June 20-25.

Eleven students entering grades 7-9 designed their own Web pages and created presentations with sound, digital images and digital video. The students, who were recommended for the camp by parents, teachers and guidance counselors, shared what they learned at the camp in a final "poster session" for family and friends June 25 in the University's Cofrin Library.

Students attending the 2004 UW-Green Bay Computer Camp (listed by hometown) were:

Green Bay - Kayla Cooney, Thomas Gray, Heather Hack, Kristin VanDenBerg; Luxemburg - Samuel Thorne; Marinette - Tyler Biswabic; Oneida - Brandon Kryger, Taylor Lewin; Phillips - Celeste Hein; Racine - Luisa Bacalso; Stoughton - Aaron Baratz.

(04-134 / 6 July 2004 / SH)

UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble Camp featured high school musicians

GREEN BAY - More than 100 high school student musicians attended the 2004 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble Camp June 27-July 2.

The Jazz Ensemble Camp provided participants entering grades 8-12 with in-depth experience in jazz ensemble performance, master classes, jazz theory, improvisation and arranging. The camp's faculty was made up of some of the best jazz performers and educators in the country.

Attendees gave a final performance on the main stage of UW-Green Bay's University Theatre.

Student musicians attending the Jazz Ensemble Camp were:

Appleton - Nicole Klug, Josef Olynyk; Baraboo - Jon Linley; De Pere - Holly D'Anna; Colin Eggers; Ben Hogan, Dominic Peeters; Leah Weyers, Michael Oldenburg; Joseph Rudd, David Stangel, Matthew Stangel, Kyle-Ryan Tillman, Christopher Winter; Denmark - Richard Terrien.

Eagle River - Stefanie Massignan; Egg Harbor - Emily Moravec; Elkhorn - Blake Majewski; Fall River - Zachariah Fuller; Fond du Lac - Alyssa Bruns; Francis Creek - John Lightbody; Franklin - Justin Flasch.

Green Bay - Johsua Atkins, Daniel Bader, Zachary Bader, Mike Blair, Nicholas Boreen, Andrew Deckert, Amanda Dietrich, Brigette Douthitt, Daniel Dziewit, Haley Garland, Thomas Gray, Adam Hatlak, Kevin Heim, Andrew Jelinsky, Sean Kennedy, Robyn Lauritsen, Amy Linzmeyer, Matt McNulty, Nicholas Miller, Michael Mineau, Aaron Moon, Matthew Nelson, Raine Nimmer, Michael Oates, Zach Schneider, Eric Schultz, Nathan Seager, Gregory Siegrist, Jamie Stark, Brian Stauber, Ava Teresi, Curtis Weisse.

Hartford - Andrew Kirchman, Joel Lundberg, Christian Luthi; Houghton, Mich. - Jay Meldrum, Tess Steube, Andrew Wisti; Luxemburg - Hana Steffel, Kristen Stodola; Madison - Rachael Cooper, Alex Marconnet, Margaret Richardson; Manitowoc - Katie Auchter, Benjamin Burish, Garett Dissmore, Craig Edgar, Chris Firkus, Toni McMahon, Jordan Waack; Marinette - Eamon Flynn; Milwaukee - Nelson Devereaux; Mundelein, Ill. - Greg Havlik.

Neenah - Nicholas LaVake, Jim Wittmann; Neshkoro - Bret Walejko; North Fond du Lac - Mark Lefeber, Nathan Schultz; Oshkosh - Jeffery Brown, James Sawicki, Benjamin Seidl; Plymouth - Paul Graening; Port Washington - Matthew Doers; Portage - Blair Booth, Sami Farrey, Dustan Garrigan, Keisey Garrigan, David Starry; Richfield - Justin Paul.

Scotts, Mich. - Erika Rohrs; Sheboygan - Andrew Knoedler, Joseph Knoedler, Timothy Knoedler, John Mahnke; St. Cloud, Fla. - Carmen Petersen; Sturgeon Bay - Casey Riley; Two Rivers - Eric Olp, Carl Schlegel; Wadsworth, Ohio - Andrew McBain; Wauwatosa - Jason Fabus, Sam Shapson.

(04-133 / 7 July 2004 / SH)

UW-Green Bay Extended Degree students awarded scholarships

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Extended Degree Program has awarded scholarships to four students in the program.

The innovative Extended Degree Program provides a higher education to nontraditional students who otherwise would not have the opportunity. It uses distance learning delivery methods to accommodate the needs of returning adult students.

The following scholarships were awarded to Extended Degree students for the 2004-05 academic year:

• Elizabeth Eleanor Wyngaard Scholarship: $1,000 to Vickie Dansbury, Beloit, and $500 to James Tobias-Becker, De Pere.

• Patricia L. Hoppe Scholarship: $750 to Amanda Dornfeld, Little Chute.

• Dr. Katharine Olski Scholarship: $750 to Amy Dvorak, Mishicot.

The Wyngaard and Hoppe scholarships were established in memory of former UW-Green Bay Extended Degree students. The Olski scholarship honors a former director of the program. The scholarships recognize nontraditional students who exhibit maturity, ability and desire to meet the program's challenges.

Extended Degree students attend Saturday classes and work independently between classes. Classes also are offered online and through audio and videotape.

(04-132 / 6 July 2004 / SH)

NASA awards five-year extension to Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium

GREEN BAY - The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium has received a five-year program and funding renewal from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The extension means the 26-member Consortium, headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will receive $475,000 a year for the next five years from NASA. The federal space agency authorized the extension after a performance review of the Consortium.

Consortium Director Aileen Yingst said the renewal gives the Space Grant Consortium and its many programs long-term stability.

"It demonstrates that NASA fully appreciates the good work we're doing for Wisconsin students and citizens, and is willing to invest another five years of time, effort and funding in our office," Yingst said.

The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium fosters the recruitment and support of students in science, mathematics and technology by funding research, student scholarships and outreach projects in a wide variety of fields related to aerospace.

Through Space Grant-funded programs, hundreds of Wisconsin students have conducted experiments in micro-gravity, built and launched rockets and high-altitude balloons, learned about aviation in summer camp settings, and taken part in other learning experiences relating to aerospace.

Yingst said the program and funding renewal ensures that programs such as the Student Satellite Initiative not only will continue to be available to Wisconsin students, but will be able to grow and expand.

The student satellite program gives college and university students the opportunity to design and launch their own aerospace missions, using weather balloons that travel to the "edge" of space. Students face engineering issues similar to real problems faced by NASA employees and researchers.

The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium formed in 1991. Members include Alverno College; Astronautics Corp. of America, Milwaukee and Madison; BioPharmaceutical Technology Corp. Institute, Madison; Carroll College; the College of the Menominee Nation; Great Lakes Spaceport Education Foundation, Inc., Sheboygan; Lawrence University; Marquette University; the Medical College of Wisconsin; Milwaukee School of Engineering; Orbital Technologies Corp., Madison; Ripon College; Space Explorers, Inc., De Pere; the Universities of Wisconsin at Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Parkside, Superior and Whitewater; the Wisconsin Association of CESA Administrators; the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; the Wisconsin Department of Transportation; Wisconsin Lutheran College; and the Wisconsin Space Business Roundtable. UW-Green Bay has been the lead institution since fall 2000.

To learn more about the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and its various funding opportunities, contact the Consortium by phone at (920) 465-2108 or by e-mail at wsgc@uwgb.edu or visit its Web site at www.uwgb.edu/WSGC.

(04-131 / 6 July 2004 / SH)