April 2005

UW-Green Bay jazz concert has old standards, new twists

GREEN BAY-Three University of Wisconsin-Green Bay jazz groups-Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II and Vocal Jazz Ensemble-will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4 in the University Theater located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Jazz Ensemble I director John Salerno says the group will present a wide variety of jazz standards and swing pieces-"I Hear Music," "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "The Nearness of You," "I'm Beginning to See the Light"-but also a composition by Frank Zappa, "The Little House We Used to Live In." The latter features Ryan Sette on guitar. Faculty member Terence O'Grady and his son, Preble High School student Matt O'Grady, will be featured on vibes and guitar on "Comin' Home Baby."

Jazz Ensemble II will premiere a new composition, "West End Remix," by Eric Bronk, also known as DJ Evil E. Bronk is a UW-Green Bay student who also has an electronic music career, performing in this area and in Milwaukee, Chicago and Minneapolis. The new work for small jazz ensemble and electronic effects processor and turntables was developed with Jazz Ensemble II, directed by faculty member Paul Bhasin. Bhasin says the performance marks the first time that a DJ turntable unit has been used with a traditional small jazz ensemble in performance at UW-Green Bay.

A troupe of nine dancers will perform with Jazz Ensemble II on the Ellington/Russell number, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." The choreography is by UW-Green Bay dance instructor Denise Carlson-Gardner. The Ensemble's program also includes selections by Gershwin, Kern and Jobim.

The eight-member Vocal Jazz Ensemble will present Charlie Parker's "My Little Suede Shoes," with new lyrics by director Chris Salerno. Matt Fayfer is the featured vocalist. Featured vocalists on other numbers include Brian Bar, Brittany Harper, Jessica Plansky, Melissa Staley, and Melanie Riley. The group will perform a cappella on Carmichael's "I Get Along Without You," and Wilson's "God Only Knows," and will be accompanied by rhythm section on their other numbers. Rhythm section members are Adam Snippen on drums, Tracey Pachan on bass, and Joe Murray on percussion.

(05-108 / 28 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay to host emergency response awareness program

GREEN BAY - As part of an ongoing effort to improve emergency response preparedness, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host an emergency responder awareness program Monday (May 2).

The program will take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the entrance to Mary Ann Cofrin Hall on the UW-Green Bay campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event is open to the public.

Representatives of the Brown and Outagamie County Bomb Squad, Brown County Hazardous Materials Response Team, Brown County Emergency Government and Green Bay Fire Department Collapse Retrieval Unit will answer questions and provide information about their equipment and emergency response capabilities.

The program will offer opportunities to tour the bomb squad unit trailer, hazardous materials unit trailer and Brown County Emergency Communications trailer. A member of the bomb squad unit will demonstrate a bomb squad robot.

Much of the equipment was purchased recently with the help of federal grant money.

The program is intended to increase understanding about community emergency response resources that would be available to assist the University and local communities in an emergency.

(05-107 / 28 April 2005 / SH)

Space Grant Consortium sponsors rocket competition Saturday

GREEN BAY - Nine teams from Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium institutions on Saturday (April 30) will launch rockets they designed as part of the Consortium's Student Rocket Design Competition.

The rocket launch will take place at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area near Burlington. Teams will gather at the recreation area's runway parking lot F. Flights will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until all teams have flown.

Rockets that reach the greatest altitude under a maximum ceiling will be given the highest marks. The competition also will include a design analysis, oral presentation and assessment of data results. Aerospace experts from academia and industry will score the competition.

The first-place team will receive a $5,000 prize. A $2,500 prize will be awarded for second place.

NASA's Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, based at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 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.

In the rocket competition, engineering teams will compete to design a two-stage rocket that must safely deploy its second stage. All equipment must land safely under an operating chute.

The following teams will compete. Listed are team names, team school, members and their hometowns:

• Knight Hawks, UW-Milwaukee — Dustin Maass, West Allis; Stephen Watts, Philadephia, Pa.; Dustin Kreft, Marathon; Thomas Westley, Whitefish Bay; Mark Marcott, Milwaukee; Ben Imp, Wauwatosa.

• FLY, Lawrence University — Rupesh Silwal, Sanepa, Nepal; Aditya Goil, Mumbai, India; Duncan Ryan, Fort Collins, Colo.; Nathaniel Douglas, Oshkosh.

• Golden Eagles, Marquette University — Daniel Merkel, Hartland; Doug Temeyer, Urbandale, Iowa; Rakesh Reddy, Bangalore, India; Karan Bansal, Nabha, India.

• Flying High, Milwaukee School of Engineering — Brian VanRoy, Elcho; Sarah Johnson, Milwaukee; Matthew Woodruff, Fond du Lac.

• Blazing Badgers, UW-Madison — Eric Wall, Green Bay; Peter Hoeft, Germantown; Michael Fidler, Green Bay.

• Area 41, UW-Milwaukee — Jonathan Kosobucki, West Allis; Erik Hopfensperger, Appleton; Mitch Reams, Charles City, Iowa; Kenneth Patten, Merton.

• Team 12000, UW-Milwaukee — David Bogdan, Greenfield; Alexander Stoisolovich, Hartland; Tonmoy Roy, West Bengal, India; Thomas Kalina, Racine; Swapnil Tripathi, India.

• Titans, UW-Oshkosh — Nick Wara, Oshkosh; Arnold Kiefer, Winneconne; Kevin Gross, Fond du Lac.

• Team SpaceCats, UW-Milwaukee — Shawn Small, Livingston; Joshua Johnson, Livingston; William Burton, New London; Patrick Curran, South Milwaukee.

(05-106 / 27 April 2005 / SH)

UW-Green Bay choral concert program includes premiere

GREEN BAY-A new composition by faculty member Terence O'Grady will be performed for the first time when the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix Chorale, Concert Choir and Collegium Musicum present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The Phoenix Chorale, directed by William Witwer, will perform O'Grady's Kyrie, with faculty members Rebecca Tout, clarinet, and Benjamin Moritz, piano, accompanying. The Kyrie is a traditional movement from the mass that, O'Grady says, combines traditional elements with some "gently modernist touches and suggestions of Romantic pathos." O'Grady's first mass movement, Agnus Dei, was premiered three years ago by the UW-Green Bay Concert Choir.

The Chorale also will perform Part I of Musikalische Exequien, Concerto in the Form of a German Funeral Mass, by Heinrich Schutz. It features sopranos Kristine Everson and Melissa Staley; tenors Wayne Pierre, Jacob Kaltenberg, and Terry Brennan; and bass Christian Ott. Rebecca Ostermann,will accompany on the Weidner Center's organ.

Contemporary works on the Chorale's program include David Childs's Cantate Domino, Benedicamus Domino, with Moritz and student Richard Perry on piano four-hands and faculty member Paul Bhasin on trumpet; and three a cappella pieces: "Bagels and Biscuits," by Theodore Lucas; "Sleep," by Eric Whitacre; and "If Music Be the Food of Love," by David Dickau.

John Plier will direct the Concert Choir in two selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "State Fair"- "It's a Grand Night for Singing," and "It Might as Well be Spring." They'll also perform a patriotic work, John Carter's "This Land I Love."

Witwer and O'Grady share directing duties for Collegium Musicum. Various groupings of vocalists and instrumentalists will present anonymous Parisian chansons, and works by Charles Wesley, Jr., Johann Sebastian Bach, John Wilbye and John Bartlet. Two selections by 14th century French composer Guillaume de Machaut will feature Lisa Andre, soprano; Terry Brennan, baritone; Rebecca Ostermann, soprano recorder; and faculty members Stefan Hall, lute, and Catherine Henze, viola da gamba.

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

(05-105 / 26 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Guitar Camp brings 'pros' to campus

GREEN BAY- Teachers with significant performing experience and corporate-sponsored clinicians will work with students in small groups and in larger clinics at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Guitar and Bass Guitar Camp scheduled July 31-Aug. 5 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. in Green Bay. Registration is open now.

Eligible students are those entering grades eight through 12 in fall 2005 and individuals who graduated from high school in spring 2005. Students are expected to have some guitar or bass guitar experience, and must bring all needed playing equipment to camp, including basses and electric guitars with amps.

Camp Director Bob Balsley, who teaches recording and guitar at UW-Green Bay, has performed and recorded with a wide variety of artists and organizations ranging from Chuck Berry to the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of Understanding Guitar Chords, and writes for Guitar Player magazine.

Students can take advantage of the variety of experiences the teachers bring to the camp. Camp faculty include Jim Crimmins, a blues guitarist and vocalist who has performed and recorded coast-to-coast; Skot Jakubiec, leader of the popular Texas rock band, Kitty Spankworthy; Jason Goessl, whose style mixes jazz and classical with electronic music; Victoria Davitt, Berklee College graduate who has gained recognition as a song writer and recording artist; Dennis Panneck, who draws on multiple genres; UW-Green Bay graduate Jerod Allen, whose approach emphasizes classical, folk and fingerstyle techniques; and Forrest (Frosty) Zink, who has mastered many styles.

Corporate sponsors will bring professional clinicians to campus for performances throughout the week. Students will end the camp week on Friday afternoon with a free concert for family and friends. Major corporate sponsor Gibson Memphis is donating an ES 333 guitar to be awarded to the student selected as "most improved" during the course of the camp.

The camp fee is $199 for commuters who will provide their own daily transportation to campus, and $455 for students who will live in UW-Green Bay student housing on campus. The residential fee includes room and board, counselor supervision, and transportation to evening activities, in addition to instruction and a camp tee shirt.

Resident students will check in on Sunday afternoon. Auditions and an all-camp meeting kick off the camp on Monday morning. Daily class sessions, including rehearsals, clinics, fretboard theory and faculty and guest performances will be scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

The camp is offered through the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay.

More information is available at www.uwgbsummercamps.com , or by telephone at (920) 465-2267 or (800) 892-2118. Registration is available on-line.

(05-104 / 26 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Spanish camp offers immersion in the language

GREEN BAY-Students entering grades seven through 12 in fall 2005 can learn the language or perfect their skills in the Spanish Immersion and Culture Camp scheduled from July 31 to Aug. 5 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay. Registration is available now.

Not only will beginning, intermediate and advanced Spanish speakers be able to improve their language skills, but also students will immerse themselves in the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries by experiencing authentic foods, sports, crafts and games. Students will be assigned to groups with others who have the same level of language proficiency.

Camp staff members are native Spanish speakers from different Spanish-speaking countries.

Camp director Angeles Rodriguez is a member of the faculty at UW-Green Bay. A native of Mexico, she has been teaching Spanish to college students in the United States for 10 years. She has a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and earned two master's degrees from Ohio University-one in Spanish and one in International Affairs/Latin American Studies. Her bachelor's degree from the University of Veracruz in Mexico is in English language and literature.

Camp staff members include Chico Ramirez and Oristela Vannieuwenhoven, both presently students at UW-Green Bay.

Ramirez moved to Green Bay in 1997 after retiring from a 24-year career with the U.S. Air Force. He is majoring in Spanish and education at UW-Green Bay, and works part time as the Latino liaison for the Multicultural Center of Greater Green Bay.

Vannieuwenhoven is working to complete majors in Spanish and in social change and development with an emphasis in global studies, and has an internship in the Office of International Education. In summers and during school breaks, the Panama native works as an English-Spanish interpreter and does private Spanish tutoring.

Camp fees are $225 for commuters who will provide their own daily transportation, and $455 for students who will live in UW-Green Bay student housing. The resident fee includes room and board, counselor supervision and transportation to evening activities in addition to instruction.

Resident campers will check in on Sunday afternoon. Camp sessions begin on Monday morning with daily sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The camp is offered through the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay.

More information is available at www.uwgbsummercamps.com , or by telephone at (920) 465-2267 or (800) 892-2118. Registration is available on-line.

(05-103 / 26 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Chorale, faculty musicians headed for area on Thursday

GREEN BAY-The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix Chorale, conducted by Prof. William Witwer, along with several faculty musicians will make a one-day, four-concert tour with performances in Valders, Grafton, Sheboygan and Port Washington on Thursday, April 28.

They'll give concerts at 9 a.m. at Valders High School; 11:15 a.m. at Grafton High School; 2 p.m. at Sheboygan North High School; and 7 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Port Washington. Admission is free.

The Chorale will perform Part I of Musikalische Exequien, Concerto in the Form of a German Funeral Mass, by Heinrich Schutz. It features sopranos Kristine Everson, Merrill, and Melissa Staley, Grafton; tenors Wayne Pierre, Clintonville, Jacob Kaltenberg, Waunakee, and Terry Brennan, Butternut; and bass Christian Ott, Sheboygan. At the Port Washington concert, student Rebecca Ostermann, Coleman, will accompany on the organ.

The Chorale also will present a new composition by faculty member Terence O'Grady. His "Kyrie" will be accompanied by faculty members Benjamin Moritz on piano and Rebecca Tout on clarinet.

The program includes several scenes from Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte," which was performed on the UW-Green Bay campus April 21-24. The Chorale also will perform three contemporary compositions a capella: "Bagels and Biscuits," by Theoore Lucas; "Sleep," by Eric Whitacre; and "If Music be the Food of Love," by David Dickau. They'll be accompanied by faculty member Paul Bhasin on trumpet, and Moritz and student Richard Perry on four-hands piano on David Childs' "Cantate Domino, Benedicamus Domino."

The program also will include instrumental selections on piano, piano and clarinet, and piano and trumpet by Moritz, Tout and Bhasin.

The tour program is partially a preview of a concert that will be presented by the UW-Green Bay Phoenix Chorale, Concert Choir and Collegium Musicum at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. Witwer will direct the Phoenix Chorale and the Collegium Musicum, and faculty member John Plier will direct the Concert Choir. Tickets for the May 1 concert are $6 for adults and $3 for students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or (800) 328-8587.

(05-102 / 25 April 2005 / VCD)

Frog 'songs' a feature of UW-Green Bay amphibian workshop

GREEN BAY-Amphibians, a class of animals that includes salamanders, toads, frogs, and worm-like creatures called caecilians, are the subject of a workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 29 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Part of an on-going series sponsored by the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity at UW-Green Bay, this workshop departs from the usual Saturday morning time period so that participants can be outdoors at the peak time to hear frog songs. The workshop will meet at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Suite 212.

The workshop is free, but pre-registration is required due to space limitations. The number to register is (920) 465-5032.

Biologist Daniel Meinhardt, a member of the UW-Green Bay Human Biology faculty, will introduce the amphibians, a diverse group of animals including about 4,000 species. Wisconsin is home to 18 of those species, including 11 species of frogs and toads, and seven species of salamanders.

Meinhardt will discuss the variation that has developed within amphibians, including the variety of reproductive strategies that have evolved within that class of animals. He'll introduce male frogs that raise their young in their throats, females that carry their tadpoles on their backs, and other amphibians that develop in their mother's bodies, scraping nutrients from her insides with "milk teeth."

After the introduction, the workshop will go outdoors to listen to some Wisconsin amphibians. Participants should dress for the weather of the day.

Meinhardt teaches classes in human biology, human evolution and evolutionary biology. His research deals with amphibians, particularly with frogs and how the way they develop can affect the kinds of changes that can occur within the species. In addition to teaching at college level, Meinhardt has experience as a public education instructor in natural history museums at the University of Minnesota and at the University of Kansas.

The workshops go beyond an elementary level, and are rewarding for educators, students and others with a keen interest in nature. Information about the workshops is available by calling (920) 465-5030 or by e-mail to wolfa@uwgb.edu. Information also is available on the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity website at www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity.

(05-101 / 25 April 2005 / VCD)

Guest tubist, top high school musicians, join in UW-Green Bay band concert

GREEN BAY-Former Green Bay resident Anthony Halloin, who recently joined the United States Navy Band, Washington, D.C., as its newest tubist, will be the guest artist with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Wind Symphony in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 27 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Halloin will perform the Midwest premiere of a new work for tuba and wind ensemble, Aldo Forte's "Dance Rhapsody for Tuba and Band." The composer, now an American citizen, has infused the piece with rhythms of his native Cuba. The challenging work has three-movements: slow, fast and faster. Halloin has been an instructor in UW-Green Bay Summer Music Camps, and as a youth, was a camp attendee.

The concert also will feature the UW-Green Bay State-Bound Honor Band, comprised of 100 high school musicians who excelled in solo performance at the Wisconsin School Music Association and the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association district levels. The students will spend the day at UW-Green Bay rehearsing and performing in the Weidner Center, and end the experience by joining in the concert with the UW-Green Bay Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band. One outstanding student from the Honor Band will be chosen to receive a tuition waiver for the 2005 UW-Green Bay Band Camp.

UW-Green Bay director of bands Kevin Collins directs all three groups.

The Wind Symphony also will perform a non-traditional march by Paul Hindemith, which is the finale of his orchestral work, "Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, and they'll present two rarely heard marches by John Philip Sousa.

The UW-Green Bay Symphonic Band will perform a suite of three works by Percy Grainger in an arrangement by Chalen Ragsdale entitled, "Grainger Tribute." The suite includes "Country Gardens," "My Dark Haired Maid," and "Gypsys' Wedding Day." Their program includes Timothy Broege's "American Verses," variations on the tune, "America."

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

(05-100 / 21 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay faculty lecturers offer 'point-counterpoint' on brain

GREEN BAY-Two faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will take opposing views on concepts of the brain at a lecture session open to the public from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 25 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 208.

Derek Jeffreys will speak on "The Emperor Has No Clothes: Why You Are Not Your Brain." Jeffreys, whose academic field is religious studies, is an associate professor of humanistic studies.

The topic for Dennis Lorenz is "The Emperor is Fully Clothed-Brain, Mind and Soul: Your Universe is What Your Brain Perceives." An associate professor of human biology, Lorenz is a neurobiologist.

The session is part of the Oxford Lecture Series at UW-Green Bay, patterned on a practice at Oxford University in England where the public is invited into the classroom to hear faculty members speak on compelling topics.

(05-99 / 21 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Flute Ensemble will perform April 25

GREEN BAY-The six members of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Flute Ensemble, directed by Nancy Collins, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 25 in Studio Two of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. Admission is free.

Collins says the program includes compositions in a wide variety of styles and periods.

The ensemble will perform an arrangement of Gluck's "Lovely Fields So Gentle," and the Allegro from Schubert's Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major. Contemporary works include Anne McGinty's "Masques," two of "Three Children's Dances" by Luigi Zaninelli; and Stella Sung's "Meditation," which features a solo by Stephany McCabe. They'll also present a movement from the folk music-style work, "Memories of East Tennessee," by Austin Alan Scott, and a Gaelic country-style composition, "An Gaelic Tiodhlac," by Catherine McMichael.

Other ensemble members include Elizabeth Brady, Sherry Jenkel, Stefanie Kircher, Matt McMahon and Mandy Meleski.

(05-98 / 21 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay to honor area educators for assisting student teachers

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's Professional Program in Education on Thursday (April 21) will honor area educators who have hosted UW-Green Bay student teachers in their classrooms.

The UW-Green Bay education program will hold an open house and reception to honor teachers, principals and school district administrators who provided classroom opportunities for student teachers during the 2004-05 academic year. School-based experience is required for student teachers to obtain their teacher certification.

The recognition event is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. at the UW-Green Bay Downtown Learning Center in Washington Commons. A program, featuring several speakers from UW-Green Bay, begins at 6 p.m. The speakers are:

• Jan Thornton, director of outreach and adult access, who will welcome the educators to the Downtown Learning Center.

• Fritz Erickson, dean of professional and graduate studies, who will thank the educators for hosting student teachers in their schools.

• Timothy Sewall, associate provost for academic affairs, who will make closing remarks.

At the conclusion of the program, the campus/community Nia dance troupe will provide entertainment in the African cultural tradition.

UW-Green Bay's Professional Program in Education provides prospective teachers with opportunities to work in a variety of educational settings throughout their professional program.

(05-97 / 19 April 2005 / SH)

UW-Green Bay creates a world for 'Midsummer Night's Dream'

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theater department will present William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 22-23 and Thursday through Saturday April 28-30 in University Theater located in Theater Hall on the University campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Director John Mariano says the production will draw upon images from Celtic folklore and mythology to tell Shakespeare's story of two pairs of young lovers who flee to the forest to escape an arranged marriage. There they're watched by Titania and Oberon, the spatting queen and king of the fairies, and Oberon's servant Puck. The forest also is being visited by a band of laborers who've gone to there to rehearse a play for the royal wedding of the Duke of Athens.

Celtic folklore is a useful framework for Shakespeare's play about love and magic because many Celtic myths express belief in another world that exists alongside our own, says Mariano. "In the folklore there are 'thin places' where the separation between the world you can see and the unseen is 'thin,' and where the unseen world can affect you." He adds that bringing the play to the stage in a thin place, "gave us the chance to create our own world."

The scenic design by faculty member Jeffrey Entwistle creates a setting where the line between real and unreal is blurred.

The couples are portrayed by Jessica Thiers, Roseville, Minn., and Josh Wintersteen, Union Grove, as Helena and Demetrius; and Betsy Bostwick, Richland Center, and Quinn White, Janesville, as Hermia and Lysander. Carrie Weis, Lodi, is Titania, and David Jeremy Wierschem, Glendale, portrays Oberon. Terra Schultz, Withee, has the role of Puck.

Mariano says "A Midsummer Night's Dream," despite its title, is "a great spring play," It takes place in the natural world and at the end, after much confusion, the natural world is being set right. "It leaves you with a spring-like feeling," he explains.

Costume design is by Kaiome Malloy and R. Michael Ingraham is the technical director. Both are members of the faculty.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door for adults; $10 in advance and $12 at the door for seniors and students; and $8 for UW-Green Bay students. The numbers for tickets are (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587.

(05-96 / 14 April 2005 / VCD)

Five UW-Green Bay seniors exhibit art

GREEN BAY - Five senior art students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will show their work at an exhibition beginning with a reception at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24, in the Lawton Gallery located in Theater Hall Room 230 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The reception also will serve to make public the names of recipients of UW-Green Bay art scholarships for fall 2005. Scholarship awards will be announced at 2:30 p.m.

Artists exhibiting and their media include Joan Bachhuber, Green Bay, sculpture; Holly Brogaard, Waupaca, paintings and objects; Lexi Hassinger, Elkhart Lake, digital prints; Leah Lindsley, Greenleaf, paintings; and Anna E. VanDeYacht, Green Bay, installation and photographs.

The exhibit continues through May 6.

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

(05-95 / 14 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay dinner features food, entertainment from around the world

GREEN BAY - Food and entertainment from around the world will be highlighted at the annual dinner sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay International Club on Saturday, April 23 in the Phoenix Rooms of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

A social hour in the Nicolet Room begins at 5:30 p.m., with activity moving to the Phoenix Rooms for entertainment beginning at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner, and more entertainment.

International Club president Olga Kirilchuk says $5 of every ticket sold will be donated to relief for victims of the recent tsunami. Tickets are $15 for students and $25 for members of the community and UW-Green Bay faculty and staff.

About a dozen countries will be represented on the menu. Appetizers will feature fried plantains from Haiti, mole with bread from Mexico, and ceviche from Ecuador. Among main dishes, Puerto Rico will be represented by rice and beans, Japan by ginger fried pork, China by chicken with gongbao sauce, Spain by paella, Turkey by stuffed eggplant, and Russia by salad Oliver. Two desserts will include a butter cake form the Netherlands and a traditional American selection.

International students at UW-Green Bay do all of the planning and organizing for the event. Kirilchuk says they'll set up two stages, one for the primary entertainment and another on which international students will portray scenes from their lives at UW-Green Bay.

Entertainment will include a variety of musical acts, including African drumming, Latin American dancing, and capoeira, a Brazilian art form that combines the martial arts with acrobatics, music and dance.

Undergraduate and graduate students from 24 different countries around the world attend UW-Green Bay.

Tickets for the dinner are available at the Information Center located in the University Union. The telephone number is (920) 465-2400.

(05-94 / 14 April 2005 / VCD)

Italians and race in Chicago is lecture topic at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - "Encountering the Color Line in the Everyday: Italians in Interwar Chicago," is the topic of a lecture at 10 a.m. Friday, April 22 in the Christie Theater in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The speaker is Thomas Guglielmo, assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, and the author of the book, "White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945," published by Oxford University Press.

Guglielmo won the prestigious Frederick Jackson Turner Award given by the Organization of American Historians in 2004.

Guglielmo is the author of book chapters and a frequent presenter on the meaning and construction of race, color and ethnicity in America, particularly during the period between the World Wars and during World War II. He presently is writing on racial identity and equal rights for Mexican Americans in Texas during World War II, and on race in America during the war years of 1941-1945.

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

(05-93 / 14 April 2005 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Opera Workshop presents 'Cosi Fan Tutti'

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Opera Workshop will present Mozart's final comic opera, "Cosi Fan Tutti," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, April 21-24 in Studio Two of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The event, says director John Plier, "is a chance to hear terrifically beautiful music with unusually fine young singers."

Presented in a semi-staged concert version, the opera also has been trimmed somewhat from its original length.

Mozart's look at romantic love features two couples. The young men, Ferrando and Guglielmo, decide to test the loyalty of their fiancees, the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella. So they disguise themselves as soldiers and attempt to woo each other's lovers.

"The opera is full of terrific humor and we're not treating it subtly," says Plier.

Several of the roles are double or triple cast in order to give more vocal students an opportunity to perform, Plier notes.

Christian Ott, Sheboygan, will sing the role of Don Alphonso, a skeptic about women. Ferrando will be portrayed by Jacob Kaltenberg, Waunakee, and Guglielmo will be sung by Kerry Kuplic, Green Bay. Two singers-Melissa Staley of Grafton and Shannon Kelly of Sheboygan-will trade evenings in the role of Fiordiligi. The role of Dorabella will be shared by Sarah Scidmore, Spencer; Aubrey Sutter, Portage; and Shelly Damos, Antigo. The sisters' maid, Despina, will be sung by Gabrielle Hansen, Amery, and Lisa Andre, Casco.

Other voices will be those of Sarah Klauck, Sheboygan; Amanda Mueller, Two Rivers; Richard Perry, Appleton; Melanie Riley, Green Bay; and Leigh Wyman, Wonewoc.

The performance features faculty member Benjamin Moritz as piano accompanist.

UW-Green Bay Opera Workshop typically does two public performances each year, with the spring semester production chosen to give vocal students a basis in traditional opera.

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

(05-92 / 14 April 2005 / VCD)

Phuture Phoenix program awarded grant to strengthen mentoring

GREEN BAY - The Phuture Phoenix program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has been awarded a $10,000 grant for training UW-Green Bay students to lead efforts to mentor youngsters involved in the program.

The grant is from the Wisconsin Campus Compact, a program to strengthen civic involvement and service-learning partnerships between Wisconsin's colleges and universities and the communities they serve.

The grant was announced today (April 14) at a luncheon meeting of the Phuture Phoenix Philanthropists, community supporters of the Phuture Phoenix program.

UW-Green Bay students selected for training will direct the continued encouragement and support of youngsters who first get involved with the Phuture Phoenix program in the fifth grade.

Phuture Phoenix director Cyndie Shepard said the grant will strengthen an essential component of the program: connecting youngsters as they progress through school to UW-Green Bay mentors and role models.

"These mentors connect with the fifth-graders in a positive way and show them that their dreams for the future can come true," she said.

Phuture Phoenix, which started in 2003, encourages youngsters from targeted schools to pursue a college education. They visit the UW-Green Bay campus on "Phuture Phoenix Day" and work with mentors throughout the school year.

More than 800 fifth-graders participated in Phuture Phoenix Day last October. They came from 10 Green Bay elementary schools and the West De Pere and Shawano-Gresham school districts.

Last fall, the program was awarded the state's first Ann Lydecker Award for Education, which recognizes innovative practices to promote diversity.

Shepard said the Campus Compact grant will help Phuture Phoenix build on a strong foundation established with support from the community as well as UW-Green Bay students, faculty and staff.

"The generosity of so many people is what makes Phuture Phoenix succeed," she said.

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Symposium to highlight academic excellence at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students will present their outstanding scholarly and creative work to the campus community and general public Tuesday, April 19 at the University's fourth annual Academic Excellence Symposium.

About 120 UW-Green Bay students will exhibit 54 projects at the Symposium, which runs from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union. The session will be open to students, faculty, staff and community members.

Projects also will be on display Tuesday at the UW-Green Bay Founders Association 2005 Spring Reception, which begins at 5:30 p.m. The Founders Association gathering brings together the University's donors, their families, friends and potential donors. It also celebrates Founders support of UW-Green Bay's academic mission.

Students participating in the Symposium will set up poster displays and computer presentations to showcase their exceptional research and creative work. Viewers will be able to study and review exhibits and discuss them with presenters.

Projects to be displayed include research projects in natural and applied sciences, human development, social work, information and computing science, human biology, business administration, communication and the arts, public and environmental affairs, social change and development, urban and regional studies, and humanistic studies.

Faculty members nominated students for the Symposium. It provides the campus and community with an opportunity to learn more about the interesting work being done across campus.

The Academic Excellence Symposium is sponsored by the honor societies of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma and the offices of UW-Green Bay's Provost and Academic Deans.

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UW-Green Bay high school music camps nurture special interests

GREEN BAY - More last-period special interest classes are on the schedule for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Senior High School Band, Orchestra and Choral Camp set for July 24-30 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay.

The camp is open to students entering ninth through 12th grades in 2005. Registration is open now.

Students will be able to select from special interest classes in improvisation, aural skills, composition and other topics, in addition to rehearsals, sectionals, large ensembles, enrichment sessions, and other classes.

The camp will end with a final concert on Saturday morning in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the campus. Outstanding students will be chosen to receive partial scholarships to the 2006 camps.

The camp week begins with auditions and an all-camp meeting on Sunday afternoon. Daily classes are from 8:30 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.

Fees are $189 for commuter students who provide their own daily transportation to campus, and $429 for students who live in UW-Green Bay student housing on campus. The resident fee includes room and board, counselor supervision and transportation to evening activities, in addition to instruction and a camp tee shirt.

The camp is offered through the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay.

More information is available at www.uwgbsummercamps.com, or by telephone at (920) 465-2267 or (800) 892-2118. Registration is available on-line.

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Middle schoolers can develop abilities at UW-Green Bay music camp

GREEN BAY - Developing individual musical skills is the goal of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Middle School Band, Orchestra and Choral Camp scheduled from July 17-23 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr., Green Bay. Students eligible include those entering grades six to nine in fall 2005 and who have at least one year of playing experience. Registration is open now.

Band students entering grades six and seven will participate in X-Band, with placement by grade level, rather than audition. They'll work with a team of teachers who specialize in teaching young musicians and providing individual attention.

Band students entering grades eight and nine, and all students in orchestra and chorus will audition for placement in appropriate performance groups on Sunday afternoon.

The camp will end with a final concert for family and friends on Saturday morning in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts on the UW-Green Bay campus. Outstanding students will be chosen to receive partial scholarships to the 2006 camp.

Students who live in Green Bay and some other areas can take advantage of bus transportation to campus. Bus pick-up and drop-off sites are scheduled at Edison and Franklin Middle Schools in Green Bay, De Pere Middle School, Lineville Middle School, Southern Door Middle School, and Luxemburg-Casco High School.

Camp fees are $185 for students who provide their own transportation; $205 for commuters who select the bus option; and $395 for students who live on campus in UW-Green Bay student housing. The residential fee includes room and board, counselor supervision, and transportation to evening activities, in addition to instruction and a camp tee shirt.

The camp is offered through the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay.

More information is available at www.uwgbsummercamps.com , or by telephone at (920) 465-2267 or (800) 892-2118. Registration is available on-line.

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UW-Green Bay summer Jazz Camp is July 10-15

GREEN BAY - Enrollment is open now for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay summer Jazz Ensemble Camp July 10-15 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. in Green Bay. Eligible students are those entering grades eight through 12 in fall 2005.

Participants will have a week of intensive activities organized around jazz-ensemble performance, master classes, jazz theory sessions, improvisation and arranging, ending with a final performance for family and friends in the University Theater. Outstanding students will be chosen to receive partial scholarships to the 2006 camp.

UW-Green Bay Director of Jazz Activities John Salerno is the camp director. He teaches saxophone, composition and jazz-related classes, and directs the UW-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble I, which has performed at both the Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals in Europe. He has performed with a variety of notable groups, and is a published composer and arranger.

The first-rate staff includes other members of the UW-Green Bay music faculty and guest performers and educators. Students will be treated to a concert by the camp faculty.

Fees are $189 for students who will commute to campus daily, and $439 for students who will live in UW-Green Bay student housing on campus. The resident fee includes room and board, counselor supervision and transportation to evening activities, in addition to instruction and a camp tee shirt.

Auditions, formation of combos, and an all-camp meeting begin the week on Sunday afternoon. Classes meet from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, with combo rehearsals for an hour following.

The camp is offered through the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay.

More information is available at www.uwgbsummercamps.com , or by telephone at (920) 465-2267 or (800) 892-2118. Registration is available on-line.

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Three are named 'Distinguished Alumni' at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY, WIS. - Three University of Wisconsin-Green Bay graduates from three different decades will be presented with Distinguished Alumni Awards during the Alumni Association's annual recognition event on Saturday, April 16 in the Phoenix Rooms of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

A social hour begins at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. and the awards ceremony about 45 minutes later. Information about tickets is available by calling (920) 465-2586.

The honorees are Jim Wochinske, Green Bay (1974); William Hanrahan, Middleton (1982); and Craig Cobane, Palmyra, Mo. (1990).

Wochinske is the owner of Pomp's Tire Service in Green Bay, a business in which he succeeded his father. Hanrahan is an assistant attorney general in the Wisconsin Department of Justice where he directs the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Elder Abuse Unit. Cobane is an assistant professor of political science at Culver-Stockton College, Canton, Mo., but this academic year is in Washington, D.C. on a Defense Policy Fellowship.

The Alumni Association award recognizes graduates who have been out of school 10 years or more and who have attained distinctive records of achievement.

Wochinske began working at Pomp's Tire Service while he was in high school in the mid-1960s, shortly after his father, Roger, purchased the business. The business had five employees. He continued working in the family business through his years at UW-Green Bay and after graduation, and assumed the helm in 1986 when his father retired. At that time, the business had 12 stores with about 175 employees. Today, under Wochinske's leadership, Pomp's Tire Service has grown to 53 locations in eight states, with about 950 employees. Only 10 percent of its business is in the retail market, with 66 percent in the commercial sector and 24 percent in wholesale.

Wochinske has been an active advocate for UW-Green Bay for many years, supporting the Alumni Association, the Phoenix Sports program, the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, and the current capital campaign. He is on the boards of the YMCA and the Main Street Organization.

Wochinske, who graduated in 1974 with a degree in managerial systems (business administration), is married to the former Kathy Keidatz, also a UW-Green Bay graduate who earned her degree in humanism and cultural change. The couple met while on a UW-Green Bay January travel-study trip to London.

Hanrahan was honored earlier this year by the Wisconsin Law Journal and by the Wisconsin Bar Association for contributions to the law, particularly for his work on behalf of the vulnerable elderly. The Law Journal named him a "Leader in the Law" for his role with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and the Bar Association awarded him its Dunn Award for writing excellence for his article, "Seeking Justice in Death's Waiting Room."

Prior to serving as the chief elder abuse prosecutor, Hanrahan was a trial attorney in the Department of Justice. In addition to his specialized area, Hanrahan has been involved in high profile investigations including allegations of misconduct against former Winnebago County District Attorney Joseph Paulus, and prosecutions in the case of a magazine sales corporation whose van filled with teenage workers crashed near Janesville in 1999 resulting in multiple deaths.

Before joining the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Hanrahan spent 10 years as assistant district attorney in Milwaukee County where his duties included directing the Domestic Violence Unit. He is an adjunct instructor at Marquette University and at Edgewood College. A Milwaukee native, Hanrahan earned his UW-Green Bay degree in Urban and Regional Studies. His law degree is from Hamline University School of Law, Saint Paul, Minn.

Cobane, whose academic areas of expertise include international relations and international security, is on leave from his faculty position this year to serve as a Defense Policy Fellow in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations (Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Aid). The fellowship was awarded by the Science and Technology Policy Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also is one year into a three-year project to edit a volume entitled, "NATO: An Encyclopedia of International Security."

Cobane joined Culver-Stockton College in 1999 where he created and directs an Honors Scholars program, coordinates a program on prestigious and nationally competitive scholarships and mentors student scholarship recipients, and founded a Washington Semester program and a minor in international affairs. He leads groups of students on Holocaust study/service trips to Poland annually. Cobane is a frequent analyst and resource to media in the Canton area in order to help the public better understand political events.

A native of Nekoosa, Cobane earned his UW-Green Bay degree with a major in political science and a minor in regional analysis. He holds master's and Ph.D. degrees in political science from the University of Cincinnati.

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UW-Green Bay alumni group to honor Burr, Sauerhammer

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Alumni Association will make its first Outstanding Recent Alumni Awards at the group's awards and recognition event on Saturday, April 16 in the University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Naletta Burr, Green Bay, and Green Bay native Tina Sauerhammer will receive the awards designated for graduates of fewer than 10 years whose accomplishments bode significant future achievements. Burr is executive director of On Broadway, Inc., a Wisconsin Main Street Program. Sauerhammer, who was second runner-up in the Miss America competition in 2003, is a medical doctor who presently is a resident in general surgery at the UW Hospitals and Clinics in Madison.

Burr has been leading On Broadway, Inc., since January 1999 in its mission to revitalize and preserve the west side downtown district. Her accomplishments include awards from Wisconsin Main Street and Wisconsin Downtown Action Council for various projects. She served on the Citizen Advisory Council on Smart Growth and the Green Bay Historic Preservation Commission, and was public relations chair for the first area Habitat for Humanity Women Build. Burr serves on nonprofit boards including the Green Bay Redevelopment Authority, Green Bay Community Theater, and the Shopko Fireworks Celebrate Americafest.

A native of Seymour, Burr graduated from UW-Green Bay in 1998 with a major in urban and regional studies with a design emphasis. She is working toward a Master's in Public Administration at UW-Oshkosh, and has completed the first of four courses toward certification by the International Economic Development Council.

Sauerhammer was the youngest student ever to graduate from UW-Green Bay when she completed her degree at age 18 in 1999 with majors in human biology and human development. Sauerhammer, who entered the University at 14, won the outstanding student award and was graduating class speaker. She continued "firsts" by also being the youngest student to graduate from the University of Wisconsin Medical School. She was 22 when she completed her degree in 2003.

Sauerhammer took time out from progress toward a career in medicine when she represented Wisconsin in the 2003 Miss America competition. She won the talent competition with a cello solo, and was named second runner-up in the overall contest. The competition enabled her to speak out on behalf of organ and tissue donation-a tribute to her father who died in 2002 while awaiting a donor kidney-and earned scholarships to help in paying off expenses for her education. Sauerhammer began her medical residency in 2004.

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Organizers issue 'heads up' for heirloom vegetables at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Heirloom tomatoes and peppers go on sale Saturday, May 21 in the Laboratory Sciences Building greenhouse at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The plants are $1 each.

Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 21. The sale will resume during the same hours on Sunday, May 22, providing plants are left from the previous day, says coordinator Vicki Medland, an adjunct faculty member at UW-Green Bay. Numbers for greenhouse admission will be given out starting at 8 a.m.

The annual UW-Green Bay heirloom plant sale took a year off in 2004, but it's back this year with seeds of 43 different tomato varieties and 20 different peppers growing in the greenhouse. By sale time in May, 3,000 pepper plants and nearly 10,000 tomato plants are expected to fill the greenhouse.

Medland says the sale will feature a number of varieties originally developed for the midwestern growing season.

Proceeds from the sale benefit the natural and applied sciences academic area to help to bring speakers to campus and support student travel to professional conferences.

Plant lists and other information are available on the UW-Green Bay Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Website at www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/plantsale.

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African dance troupe will perform at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - The Ajula Dance Troupe, a youth dance group associated with the Milwaukee Public Theatre, will present a program of traditional African dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 in the Christie Theater located in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The event is free and open to the public.

The dances will be accompanied by drumming, singing and chanting. Since the troupe's name means "make it happen" in the Jola tribal language, the group serves the community by performing widely. Members are between the ages of 13 and 22.

The event is sponsored by the Office of Residence Life, the Black Student Union and Good Times Programming at UW-Green Bay. Information is available from Kristen Munson at (920) 883-3358.

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Storm spotter training is Thursday at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Jeff Last, warning coordination meteorologist with the Green Bay National Weather Service office, will give a storm spotter training session at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14 in the Christie Theater of the University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The event is free and open to the public.

Last will show how severe weather develops and what to look for in the event severe weather occurs. UW-Green Bay Prof. Steven Meyer says the session will be worthwhile for individuals with a general interest in severe weather as well as anyone who would like to become a volunteer storm spotter for the National Weather Service.

The event is sponsored by the Packerland Chapter of the American Meteorological Society along with the Natural and Applied Sciences academic department at UW-Green Bay.

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UW-Green Bay to honor veterans at April 14 appreciation ceremony

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will honor the men and women of UW-Green Bay who have served or are currently serving their country in the armed forces at a special ceremony Thursday, April 14.

The University's first Veterans' Appreciation Reception will take place at 2 p.m. in the 1965 Room of the University Union at UW-Green Bay.

The event is open to the public. Members of the public planning to attend are asked to RSVP to Elaina Koltz, UW-Green Bay veteran representative, by phone at 465-2065 or e-mail at koltze@uwgb.edu.

UW-Green Bay has invited 125 veterans enrolled at or employed by the University to the ceremony. UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard will present certificates of appreciation to those veterans who have been called to active duty since Sept. 11, 2001.

Shepard said the UW-Green Bay community wants to show the veterans its appreciation for the service they have given to their country.

"We our proud to have these dedicated men and women at our university," he said. "This ceremony is a small gesture of our appreciation for all they have done in service to the United States."

The ceremony will include comments by 2nd Lt. Rebecca Brawner, public affairs representative for the 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion. Chancellor Shepard also will speak and will present the appreciation certificates. A U.S. Army color guard will present the colors.

The Chancellor said the University plans to hold future events recognizing the service of student-soldiers. Those events are likely to be held closer to Veterans Day each year, he said.

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UW-Green Bay faculty member wins Japan residency

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Prof. Kim E. Nielsen has won an Organization of American Historians (OAH)-Japanese Association of American Studies short-term residency to spend two weeks in Japan based at Japan Women's University.

The OAH announced the award, noting that Nielsen was one of only three U.S. historians to receive one of the residency grants supported by the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. The selection process for the residency is competitive.

Nielsen will lecture on various topics in U.S. history at six different universities located in three cities in Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima. She will attend the annual conference of the Japanese Association of American Studies and will serve as a research consultant to Japanese scholars and graduate students who study the United States.

Nielsen also will be talking about her recent book on Helen Keller and Keller's travels to Japan. The book published recently by New York University Press, "The Radical Lives of Helen Keller," has been translated into Japanese and was just released in Japan in March.

Nielsen will leave for Japan on May 21 and return June 6.

Nielsen, who joined the UW-Green Bay faculty in January 1999, teaches in the social change and development and women's studies academic programs. She also is the author of an earlier book, "Un-American Womanhood, Antiradicalism, Antifeminism, and the First Red Scare."

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Five at UW-Green Bay win Teaching Enhancement Grants

GREEN BAY - Five faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay won spring semester Teaching Enhancement Grants given by the University's Instructional Development Council.

Professors Denise Bartell and Kristin Vespia, both of the Human Development faculty, received support to attend the American Psychological Society's Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. Prof. Angeles Rodriguez received a grant to attend the international conference of the Society of Latin American Studies. Prof. Asmamaw Yimer will attend the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. And Prof. Lisa Poupart received a grant to support attendance by five faculty members at a seminar on Native American traditional teaching.

The grants are intended to support activities that will enhance a faculty member's teaching skills or result in innovative teaching strategies. Individual grant awards ranged from $500 to $900.

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UW-Green Bay joins in celebration of UW Spirit Week

GREEN BAY - Alumni, students and friends of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will show their school spirit as they join graduates of all UW System campuses in celebrating UW Spirit Week April 10-16.

The weeklong celebration will showcase the contributions of the nearly 500,000 UW alumni who live and work in the state and the value of UW graduates to the state and its economy. UW-Green Bay has about 22,000 graduates, including 17,000 who live in Wisconsin.

UW graduates in the Green Bay area will have an opportunity to celebrate together Thursday, April 14 at a reception at St. Brendan's Inn, 234 S. Washington St. The reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. will feature complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Attendees wearing their alma maters' colors will receive a discount on their first beverage.

Then on Friday, April 15, alumni, faculty, staff, students, parents and friends are encouraged to wear their home campus colors and logo wear to show their UW connections.

UW-Green Bay alumni relations director Mark Brunette said alumni of UW-Green Bay and other UW campuses have much to celebrate.

"This is an opportunity to highlight the impact UW graduates are having on the economies and quality of life in communities all across Wisconsin," Brunette said.

More details about "UW Spirit Week" are available through the UW-Green Bay alumni office or on the Web at www.wisconsin.edu/spirit.

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Freshman honorary taps 78 at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-Seventy-eight new members will be admitted to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay chapter of the freshman honorary society, Phi Eta Sigma, in ceremonies at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 17 in the Phoenix Rooms of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Donald McCartney, a member of the faculty in Business Administration, will give the welcome address to new members and their families.

The national organization admits first-year college and university students who have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. The number of UW-Green Bay inductees for 2005 is up from 53 in 2004.

Fergus Hughes, interim dean of liberal arts and sciences, will be inducted as an honorary member during the April 17 event.

New student members at UW-Green Bay include:

Appleton-Jennifer Eisenbrandt, Kaitlin Hasseler, and Andrea Moerchen; Beaver Dam-Mary Frank; Berlin-Jesse Lawent; Bonduel-Hilary Wians; Brandon-Sarah VanBuren; Brillion-Lauren Fischer; Bristol-Lisa Mutchler; Burlington-Heather Madden; Cascade-Justin Babler; Casco-Brittnie Jonet; Chilton-Laura Geiser; Clintonville-Nichole Sotiropoulos; Colgate-Patrick Kachelmeier; Combined Locks-Katie Maas; De Pere-Stephanie Zastrow and Danielle Zeamer; Fairwater-Brittany Broder; Franklin-Stephanie Jansen; Franksville-Melissa Merkovich.

Grafton-Kimberly Apel; Greenfield-Crystal Cichon; Green Bay-Vongpadith Douangphachanh, Megan Duchaine, Sarah Hanson, Debbie Lucas, Matt McMahon, Erik Mims, Nicole Miszkiewicz and Kristin Neveau; Greenleaf-Hannah Bohrtz; Hartford-Laura Schaefer; Hartland-Autumn Moore; Horicon-Rachael Krueger; Hurley-Michael Madden; Hustisford-Michelle Lehmann and Melissa Will; Jefferson-Stacy Endl; Kendall-Megan Witt; Kiel-Stephanie Wagner.

Madison-Renee Dodge; Manitowoc-Ryan Bahnaman; Medford-Colleen Fales; Menomonee Falls-Amy Harter; Neenah-Adina Fischer, Ashley Rachubinski and Colby Vorland; New Franken-Susan Roberts; North Fond du Lac-Kristin Detert; Phillips-Cassandra Heizler; Pleasant Prairie-Nicole Kloet; Portage-Jennifer Cutts; Port Washington-Angela Delucia and Kristin Nett; Racine-Jennifer Servi; Random Lake-Joseph Kucksdorf; Rhinelander-Katie Grafelman.

Saukville-Margaret Utecht; Sheboygan-Megan Gustafson, Nicole Kowalis and Katie Senkbeil; Sheboygan Falls-Jeffrey Breunig, Bari Gordon and Joshua Meyer; Tigerton-Elizabeth Chapin and Edward Ehlert; Twin Lakes-Laura Carnahan; Viroqua-Emily Krambs; Watertown-Sarah Piller; Waukesha-Emily McHugh; Wauwatosa-Amanda Crump; West Allis-Katie Gassenhuber and Cynthia Hart; Whitewater-Sarah Theune.

Illinois-Jennifer Tan, Palatine; Megan Gregory, Rockford. Michigan-Sarah Phelps, Iron Mountain.

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UW-Green Bay to honor Student Employee of the Year

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will announce the winner of its first Student Employee of the Year award as part of Student Employee Recognition Week April 11-15.

The award winner will be announced at a ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 in Phoenix Room A of the University Union. The award recognizes outstanding contributions and achievements of students who work while attending college.

The winner will receive an engraved clock, and a plaque will be displayed in the area where the student works. The winner also advances for consideration for state, regional and national awards, which carry cash prizes. The national Student Employee of the Year will be announced in the fall.

A panel of student, faculty and staff judges selects the UW-Green Bay Student Employee of the Year. Twenty students were nominated for the award this year. UW-Green Bay has 808 student employees.

UW-Green Bay's celebration of Student Employee Appreciation Week also will include:

• an e-mailed trivia quiz for student employees with a chance at daily drawn prizes.

• specials at the University Union's Corner Store for student employees.

• an opportunity for supervisors to receive free coupons to take their student employees to lunch on campus.

• coupons for discounted meals at the campus Pizza Hut for student employees.

• free ice cream between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 for all student employees, with campus "celebrities" doing the scooping near the Admissions/Financial Aid office.

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Popular culture is theme of talk at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - A lecturer who has written widely on the topics of radio, technology and advertising and their effects on American culture, will speak on "Themes in Popular Culture" at 10 a.m. Friday, April 15 in the Christie Theater in University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Susan Smulyan is an associate professor in the Department of American Civilization at Brown University and the author of "Selling Radio: The Commercialization of American Broadcasting, 1920-1934" published by Smithsonian Institution Press.

In addition to her book, Smulyan has written book chapters, articles and encyclopedia entries, and delivered papers on aspects of radio including broadcast advertising and specific advertising targets, the influence of U.S. occupation on Japanese radio, the radio network system, stars of early radio, the American radio public, and other topics.

She also speaks widely and publishes on the subject of technology and the history of technology.

Smulyan earned Ph.D. and master's degrees in American Studies at Yale University and completed coursework for a master's degree in broadcasting at the School of Public Communications at Boston University.

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

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Workshop on infant/toddler care to feature expert on children, sleep

GREEN BAY - A nationally known expert on children and sleep disorders will be the keynote speaker at Current Issues in Infant/Toddler Development and Care, a one-day workshop Friday, May 20 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Dr. Jodi Mindell, a professor of psychology at St. Joseph's University and of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will speak on "Sleeping Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep."

The workshop runs from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall at UW-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event is designed for teachers and other professionals serving infants, toddlers and their families.

Mindell is associate director of the Sleep Disorders Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where she treats children of all ages and their parents. She has written extensively on children and sleep disorders and has presented more than 100 papers at national conferences.

Most of her research focuses on assessment and treatment of common sleep problems in children as well as sleep problems related to pregnancy and parenting. She is quoted frequently in national newspapers and magazines and has made more than 100 TV and radio appearances discussing children's sleep disorders.

Two UW-Green Bay faculty members will make presentations during the workshop's afternoon sessions. Illene Noppe, professor of Human Development, will speak on "Blankies and Teddies: the Role of Transitional Options in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers." Patricia Ragan, associate professor of Education, will speak on "Language and Learning in Infants and Toddlers: The Importance of YOU."

The program will conclude with a dialogue opportunity for all presenters and the audience.

The registration fee for the workshop is $80 on or before May 10 and $90 after May 10. The fee covers handouts, lunch, refreshments, continuing education certificate and parking.

For more information, call (920) 465-2642 or (800) 892-2118. Online registration is available at www.uwgb.edu/outreach/profed.

Co-sponsors of the workshop are UW-Green Bay Outreach and Extension, Brown County UW-Extension, and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association.

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Public invited to UW-Green Bay, SNC student Poetry Jam

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and St. Norbert College creative writing students will meet in their third annual Poetry Jam at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13 at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County.

The event is free and open to the public.

Creative writing students from both institutions will read poems and other short pieces that they've written, and faculty members and students from both institutions will come to cheer the readers on. Writers from each campus will alternate in presenting their work.

UW-Green Bay creative writing faculty member Rebecca Meacham says the tradition began in 2002 when she, Laurie MacDiarmid, faculty member in creative writing at St. Norbert College, and Matt Welter, curator of education at the Neville Museum, sought a way to showcase student writers in a public arts setting.

An audience of about 40 showed up for the event in 2003, some bearing signs to urge readers on. Meacham notes that despite the "team" aspect of the event, it's not truly competitive, but rather serves to have fun and give student writers a public venue for their work.

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Qualls wins UW-Green Bay thesis award

GREEN BAY - Theresa M. Qualls, De Pere, will receive the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 2004 Outstanding Thesis award at a University Founders Association and Alumni Awards Night event on April 16 on the University campus.

Qualls, who completed her thesis for a master's degree in Environmental Science and Policy in August 2003, did her research and thesis on zebra mussels in Green Bay. Titled, "Analysis of the Impacts of the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, on Nutrients, Water Clarity, and the Chlorophyll-Phosphorous Relationship in Lower Green Bay, Lake Michigan," Qualls' research examined data relating to zebra mussel impact collected from 1986 to 2001. Prof. David Dolan, Natural and Applied Sciences, was chairperson of Qualls' thesis committee.

Theses completed between August 2003 and May 2004 were eligible for the award. The award review committee noted the quality of Qualls' work, adding that it addresses an important regional problem that has management implications for the bay of Green Bay.

Recipients receive a stipend given by the Founders Association and a certificate.

(05-72 / 6 April 2005 / VCD)

Next "UWGB Downtown" to focus on effective decision making

GREEN BAY - A University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty member with marketing expertise will share insights on effective decision-making at the next "UWGB Downtown: Connecting for Lunch" program Thursday, April 14.

Vishal Lala, a member of the Business Administration faculty, will speak on "Effective Decision Making: Insights from Marketplace Research."

The luncheon program is at the Holiday Inn City Centre. A buffet lunch will be served between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. The program will follow, concluding by 1:10 p.m.

A $15 registration fee will cover the luncheon, presentation and materials. To register, call (920) 465-2642 or go online at http://www.uwgb.edu/downtown/lunch. Registration in advance is required.

Lala will discuss what research tells us about how to make good decisions in our daily lives. The highly interactive presentation will demonstrate some of the decisional errors we make and their implications for us as consumers and managers.

"UWGB Downtown: Connecting for Lunch" showcases UW-Green Bay and its faculty. The series is sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor at UW-Green Bay, the UW-Green Bay Alumni Association and Downtown Green Bay Inc. in collaboration with UW-Green Bay Outreach and Extension.

The luncheon series provides opportunities for the community to learn more about Green Bay's University of Wisconsin while also taking part in lifelong learning.

(05-71 / 5 April 2005 / SH)

International justice symposium focuses on HIV-AIDS threat

DE PERE - St. Norbert College and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host a gathering of local and international experts to explore the threat of HIV-AIDS to the international community and the local greater Green Bay community.

"HIV-AIDS: A Social Threat to our World and Community" will explore both international and local ramifications of this vital global issue.

The event will begin Friday, April 15 with an invitation-only reception for conference participants at the 1965 Room of the University Union, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

On Saturday, April 16, the conference will move to St. Norbert College's Bemis International Center for a series of panel discussions that are free and open to the public. The conference will begin at 9 a.m. and run until 12:20 p.m., with lunch to follow.

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

"St. Norbert College is delighted to co-sponsor with UW-Green Bay our second international symposium," Hynes said. "HIV-AIDS is a slow-moving, deadly tsunami that is killing generations of children and adults world-wide. We are proud that UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College can help focus on what we can do to combat this deadly killer."

"I am pleased that UW-Green Bay and St. Norbert College are continuing our partnership to increase understanding of important global issues," Shepard said. "This symposium will examine the threat of HIV-AIDS from both local and international perspectives. Panelists will shed light on an issue that knows no artificial boundaries."

Expert panelists will connect local interests to the global community and examine the links between them. Panelists include:

• Ambassador Tom Loftus: Special Assistant to the President of the World Health Organization and former Speaker of the Wisconsin legislature.

• Merrill Goozner: Author of the best-selling book The 800 Million Dollar Pill.

• Dr. Heinz Klug: Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

• Dr. Raymond Bachhuber: Local medical doctor and representative of the local Medical Society.

• Dr. James Vergeront: Wisconsin State Health Consultant.

• Kevin Roeder: Assistant Professor of Social Work at UW-Green Bay.

• Dr. Mark Everingham: Associate Professor of Social Change and Development at UW-Green Bay.

• Dr. Joseph Tullbane: Associate Dean for International Education at St. Norbert College.

"International Social Justice, HIV-AIDS: A Social Threat to our World and Community" 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.

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 Green Bay's leading advocates of international social justice.

More information about "International Social Justice, HIV-AIDS: A Social Threat to our World and Community" is available on the Web at http://www.uwgb.edu/connect/socialjustice/.

(05-70 / 4 April 2005 / SH)

Fourth Estate wins student newspaper awards — again

GREEN BAY - The Fourth Estate, the student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, won numerous honors at the recent Associated Collegiate Press Best of the Midwest college newspaper competition.

The UW-Green Bay student newspaper received recognition in two staff categories. In addition, two staff members won individual awards in the competition.

The Fourth Estate, led by Editor-in-Chief Kerry Kassie of Colby, received an honorable mention in the Best of Show category for four-year school newspapers of tabloid size with its Feb. 10, 2005 edition. It was the fifth consecutive year that the Fourth Estate won an award in the overall excellence category.

The newspaper also won third place in the Special Sections category for weekly or daily newspapers with its Nov. 11, 2004 veterans' special section.

Layout Editor Fawn Giese of Mayville won first place in layout/page design for her work on the Oct. 14, 2004 issue. Opinion Editor Greg Ubbelohde of Spooner received a second-place award for review writing for his Sept. 9, 2004 review headlined "Buffett shares beach with country."

The Fourth Estate competed with campus newspapers from 14 Midwestern States. The student newspaper competition was part of the college newspaper association's annual convention held in March in Minneapolis.

The Fourth Estate's delegation to the convention included the award winners and staff members Rebecca Swan, Greg Swanson, Karen Kolasa, Michelle Missall and Danielle Behrle.

(05-69 / 1 April 2005 / SH)