April 2006

8th Congressional District Republican debate is Monday at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Republican candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat will debate Monday (May 1) at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Republican congressional candidates John Gard and Terri McCormick will respond to questions from a panel of state and local journalists. The one-hour event begins at 7 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of UW-Green Bay's University Union. It is free and open to the public.

The candidates are vying for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, who is running for governor.

The panel of journalists for Monday's debate includes WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross; Ben Jones, Madison Bureau chief of The Post-Crescent of Appleton; Patty Murray, a reporter with Wisconsin Public Radio; and Lindsey Oostra, editor in chief of the Fourth Estate, the UW-Green Bay student newspaper. UW-Green Bay political scientist Terri Johnson will serve as moderator.

The event Monday is the second of two congressional candidate debates to be held this spring at UW-Green Bay. The first, which was held April 25, featured Democratic candidates Steve Kagen, Nancy Nusbaum and Jamie Wall.

Sponsors of the debates are the UW-Green Bay College Republicans and College Democrats, Project VOTE of Brown County and WisPolitics.com, which is taping the debates for later Webcast.

Republican and Democratic primaries are Sept. 12, and the top vote getters in the primaries will meet in the Nov. 7 general election.

(06-113 / 28 April 2006 / SH)

Guest drummer Duffy Jackson will join UW-Green Bay jazz concert

GREEN BAY-Drummer Duffy Jackson will be guest artist with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Jazz Ensemble I when all three UW-Green Bay jazz groups-Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II, and Vocal Jazz Ensemble- perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 in University Theater located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Jackson has been performing almost literally for his whole life. He went on stage at age four, at 10 he was making national television appearances, by his 18th birthday he was touring with Lena Horne and at 20 he was performing in concert with Sammy Davis Jr. The son of jazz bassist Chubby Jackson, Jackson counts Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and Louis Bellson among his tutors. In addition to drums, Jackson is a keyboard player, bassist, vibraphonist, vocalist and a prolific composer.

Jackson has performed with a long list of jazz legends including Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw and many others. He can be heard on more than a dozen recordings, including one with the Count Basie Orchestra that won a Grammy in 1990.

Jackson previously appeared at UW-Green Bay in a November 1998 tribute concert to Frank Sinatra. Jackson played with the Count Basie Orchestra when Sinatra appeared in concert with the group at Radio City Music Hall.

Several Sinatra numbers will be on Wednesday's program. Jackson also will be at the fore in Buddy Rich's "Basically the Blues."

Jazz Ensemble I, directed by John Salerno, also will feature guest vocalist Dino Bilotti and pianist Chris Salerno.

Paul Bhasin will direct Jazz Ensemble II in a program he describes as "straight-ahead" big band numbers with some blues and some ballads. They'll also do a 1998 Mono Puff funk piece, "Extra Crispy."

The 11-member Vocal Jazz Ensemble directed by Chris Salerno will feature several student soloists. Salerno arranged the group's presentation of "Sister Sadie," her father Harley Paquin did the arrangement of "Cherry," and student Rebecca Ostermann is responsible for the arrangement of "We've Only Just Begun."

Salerno accompanies the group on piano, along with Tracy Pachan on bass, Adam Snippen on drums, and Chris Dinse on percussion.

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

(06-112 / 27 April 2006 / VCD)

McDonough-Polzak program Sunday at UW-Green Bay is free

GREEN BAY - Vocalist Megon McDonough and jazz pianist Peter Polzak will be featured in a free concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30 in University Theater located in Theater Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The UW-Green Bay Student Jazz Society is sponsoring the event.

McDonough, an inaugural member of Four Bitchin' Babes, has performed in venues ranging from clubs to Carnegie Hall. She was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for her stage performance in "As Always...Patsy Cline." McDonough has nine solo albums and has recorded for television film sound tracks.

As a teenager in the 1970s, McDonough opened for such acts as John Denver, Steve Martin and Harry Chapin. She credits the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show for inspiring her performance career.

McDonough and Polzak frequently perform together.

Polzak is a former UW-Green Bay student who began a career in the Chicago entertainment community more than 20 years ago. He has appeared with performers including Dave Brubeck, Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack, Dizzy Gillespie, The Temptations, and many others. He has several recordings. For several years, Polzak had his own trio that performed regularly at the Pump Room and at the Chicago Hilton's Lakeside Green Room.

McDonough and Polzak will be joined in the program by a bassist and a drummer.

(06-111 / 27 April 2006 / VCD)

Aldrete to discuss secrets of ancient Roman orators at next "UWGB Downtown"

GREEN BAY - A University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty member will describe public speaking skills of ancient Roman orators - some of whom are regarded as the greatest public speakers of all time - at the next "UWGB Downtown: Connecting for Lunch" on Thursday, May 4.

Greg Aldrete, UW-Green Bay professor of Humanistic Studies, will discuss strategies and techniques developed by Roman orators to entertain and captivate their audiences, arouse listeners' emotions and sway their opinions.

The learning luncheon at the Holiday Inn City Centre starts with a buffet lunch at 11:45 a.m. Aldrete will begin his talk at 12:15 p.m. and conclude by 1:10 p.m.

Aldrete is the author of five books, including "Gestures and Acclamations in Ancient Rome," "Daily Life in the Roman City," and "Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome." In 2004-05, he received a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities research fellowship.

A $15 registration fee for "UWGB Downtown: Connecting for Lunch" covers lunch, presentation and materials. Registration in advance is required.

To learn more about the learning luncheon or to register, call (920) 465-2642 or go online at www.uwgb.edu/downtown/lunch.

The "UWGB Downtown: Connecting for Lunch" luncheon 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.

(06-110 / 27 April 2006 / SH)

Two cited for creative teaching

GREEN BAY - Two faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay have won Creative Approaches to Teaching recognition for the spring semester. They are Terri Johnson, assistant professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Political Science, and David Voelker, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies and History.

The awards, given by the Faculty Development Council, single out faculty members who have developed particular success strategies in the classroom.

Johnson makes the issues presented in her Urban Politics and Policy course "real" by having students read the book, The American Dream by Jason DeParle, and then taking the class on a field trip to Milwaukee. Students hear a presentation by staff from the city's Housing Authority and follow it with a tour of public housing.

Voelker devised a game-like exercise Six Degrees of the Civil War, based on "Six Degrees of Separation," to help students in the American History course covering the Colonial Period to Civil War learn historical analysis. Voelker gives students several columns of terms. They choose a term and then pick terms from other columns that create a chain of connections to the Civil War in six steps or less.

The winners receive a small honorarium, and their strategies are shared with the faculty at large through a website. Creative Approaches to Teaching Awards are given each fall and spring semester.

(06-109 / 27 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Grandparents University has openings

GREEN BAY-Some openings remain in the new University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Grandparents University Thursday and Friday, July 13 and 14 on the University campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

According to summer opportunities coordinator Mona Christensen, Grandparents University offers an opportunity for grandparents and seven to 14-year-old grandchildren to spend two days exploring a topic of interest and enjoying summer activities on the scenic campus. They'll choose one of five "majors"-Irish History and Culture, Fiber Arts, Forensic Science, Enamel Art or Biodiversity- and end the experience with a graduation ceremony on Friday afternoon.

Grandparents University begins with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, July 13.

Grandparent-grandchild duos can choose to commute to the UW-Green Bay campus, or they may stay overnight in student suite apartments on the campus. Commuters and residents alike may purchase meal plans.

Complete information and registration is available online at www.uwgbsummercamps.com. Information also is available by telephone to (920) 465-2267 or (800) 892-2118.

(06-108 / 26 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay to close freshman applications Monday, May 1

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will stop accepting most new-freshman applications for the fall 2006 semester Monday, May 1.

The need to cut off freshman applications more than four months prior to the start of classes reflects continuing strong demand for a UW-Green Bay education. Applications are up about 4.4 percent from the same time a year ago.

However, the University was able to continue accepting applications later than in 2005 because it is recruiting a larger freshman class for the fall 2006 semester. A year ago, UW-Green Bay's cut-off date for freshman applications was the earliest in the University's history.

Chancellor Bruce Shepard said application numbers show that demand for a UW-Green Bay education continues to grow.

"The word is out that good things are happening at UW-Green Bay," he said.

UW-Green Bay will have room for a freshman class of about 1,000 this fall, a class that is about 100 students larger than in fall 2005. The University is able to serve more freshmen because students are moving through to graduation faster than in the past.

Since the year 2000, UW-Green Bay has graduated about 150 more students each year than graduated a decade ago.

The University must balance enrollment and available resources, including class sections and student services such as advising and academic support.

Over the long term, UW-Green Bay must have additional capacity and resources to adequately serve Northeastern Wisconsin, Shepard said. Earlier this month, he and community leaders presented "Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda," a plan to grow UW-Green Bay's enrollment to about 7,500 students from the current 5,400 students, to the UW System Board of Regents.

Exceptions to the May 1 application cutoff will be made on a case-by-case basis. Exceptions will be considered for freshmen who would enrich the campus community through special talent, diversity and other factors.

Applications also will continue to be accepted from students in various programs and categories, including re-enrolling, transfer, graduate, nursing completion, non-degree and Adult Degree students.

For more information about applying to UW-Green Bay, contact the Admissions Office at (920) 465-2111.

(06-107 / 26 April 2006 / SH)

Alumni Association will name honorees

GREEN BAY-The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Alumni Association will honor five graduates for their accomplishments on Saturday, April 29 in the Phoenix Rooms of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Receiving Distinguished Alumni Awards will be William Gollnick, chief of staff for the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; Betsy Hendrickson, an honorary chairperson of the UW-Green Bay capital campaign; and Paul Linzmeyer, president of Bay Towel, Inc. Outstanding Recent Alumni Awards will be presented to David Lamers, Kaukauna, and Veronica Brieno Rankin, South Range, Mich.

In addition to the awards made to alumni, an "Honorary Alumna" award will be given to her family in honor of Kathy Majewski, who was a student at UW-Green Bay when she died in 1999. Her parents, Jim and Mary Lou Majewski of Pulaski, have created a scholarship in her memory at UW-Green Bay.

The Association also will acknowledge former members of its board at the dinner event.

A reception begins at 5 p.m., followed by dinner and the program. Tickets are $15 per person and must be purchased by noon on Friday, April 28. The number for information or to reserve tickets is (920) 465-2586.

Distinguished Alumni Award winner Gollnick earned a bachelor's degree in Social Change and Development at UW-Green Bay in 1981 and continued his education at Harvard University where he received a master's degree in Educational Administration, Planning and Social Policy. He has served in various administrative positions with the Oneida Tribe of Indians for more than 30 years. Recently he led negotiations with the State of Wisconsin for a successful gaming compact, as well as negotiations and settlement talks on Wisconsin Oneida land claims in New York State.

Gollnick has a long list of service and affiliations. Among them are a presidential appointment as vice chairperson of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education and service as a consultant to the White House Conference on Indian Education. He has had two Wisconsin gubernatorial appointments, including chairperson of the Wisconsin State American Indian Language and Culture Education Board, and the Wisconsin State Chapter 2 Advisory Committee that he served as secretary.

He has won awards from entities including the National Indian Gaming Association, the Oneida Tribal School Board, the Oneida Tribe, the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, the Wisconsin Indian Education Association, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, among others.

Betsy Hendrickson received a Master of Environmental Arts and Sciences degree from UW-Green Bay in 1979. For a time she was a specialist in the Wisconsin Assessment Center at UW-Green Bay. In 1998, Hendrickson became a founding member of the UW-Green Bay Chancellor's Council of Trustees.

Hendrickson and her husband Philip have been long-time members of the UW-Green Bay Founders Association and have created a named professorship for the University, the Philip J. and Elizabeth B. Hendrickson Professorship in Business. They were co-recipients of the UW-Green Bay Chancellor's Award in 1983.

Hendrickson has a long record of service on area boards and committees. Among them are the Congressional Committee for Service Academy Selections, the YWCA, United Way, Brown County Unified Board, Church Women United of Brown County, Green Bay United Methodist Women, the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Children's Service Society and the Foundation for Heritage Hill State Park. She has volunteered for many other organizations.

The new education center at Heritage Hill State Park will be named for Hendrickson and the late Lucyanna Hitch. Hendrickson was a member of the Heritage Hill Foundation's first board of directors.

Paul Linzmeyer's 1978 degree from UW-Green Bay is in Humanism and Cultural Change. After living in San Francisco, Chicago and Denver, he returned to Green Bay in the mid-1990s to assume his present position. Linzmeyer said that he noted a new diversity in Green Bay, but didn't see it in the work place, so he set about creating a climate for diversity at Bay Towel. Strategies included diversity days highlighting various community ethnic groups, in-house language classes in English and Spanish and staff translators. Career "ladders" are made clear so that everyone, including women and minorities, knows how they can progress.

Linzmeyer established the Employers Workforce Development Network to help other employers expand their work forces. He presently serves as chairperson of the Wisconsin Council on Workforce Investment and of the Bay Area Workforce Development Board, and as co-chairperson of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Diversity Committee. He is a member of the Governor's Economic Growth Council, the NEW North Board and Executive Committee, and the board of Clean Wisconsin. He is a past chairperson of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce.

Linzmeyer was named a Wisconsin Exemplary Employer in 2000 for his work in developing employees, and he has won numerous other awards.

Lamers and Rankin will receive awards designated for graduates of fewer than 10 years whose accomplishments indicate potential for future achievement.

Lamers, who graduated in 2001 with a degree in Elementary Education, is a sixth grade teacher at Parkview Middle School in Ashwaubenon where he coordinates the Reading Buddies Program, is head coach for forensics, chairs the Social Studies Building Curriculum Team, and is a liaison to the Parent Faculty Club. He serves on many school committees.

In 2005, Lamers was selected from among scores of nominees for a Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Golden Apple Award. He is completing work toward a master's degree in educational leadership at Marian College of Fond du Lac. Lamers recently made a presentation about his teaching methods and philosophy to members of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents to exemplify the UW-Green Bay motto, "Connecting Learning to Life."

Lamers was active on campus during his student years, serving as speaker of Student Senate, in various capacities with the Student Government Association, as an officer of the Residence Hall and Apartment Association, and as chairperson of the Organization Network. He is a past member of the UW-Green Bay Alumni Association board of directors.

Rankin is completing work toward a Ph.D. degree in geological and engineering sciences at Michigan Technological University, Houghton. She earned her bachelor's degree at UW-Green Bay in 1999 with a major in Earth Science and minors in Environmental Science, Geography and Theater/Dance. She presently is a graduate intern at the Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, where she is a hydrogeologist studying regional groundwater flow and solute transport in the Yucca Mountain, Nevada proposed nuclear waste repository site.

Rankin has earned a Master of Laws degree with distinction from the University of Dundee, Scotland, with a major in mineral law and policy. She also pursued space science studies at the University of North Dakota. Rankin has a number of fieldwork and other significant projects to her credit and has several scientific publications.

Rankin has a long list of awards, fellowships and scholarships. These include an assistantship and full tuition waiver to study at the University of North Dakota, a significant scholarship to study at the University of Dundee, and a $35,000 fellowship and full tuition waiver to study at Michigan Technological University. In 2004 she received two fellowships to do research in Australia.

(06-106 / 25 April 2006 / VCD)

Cofrins step forward again; UW-Green Bay completes Kress Center campaign

GREEN BAY - With the help of a generous gift from Dr. David and Mary Ann Cofrin, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has completed private fundraising for the Kress Events Center project.

The Cofrins' gift of $1 million enabled the University to exceed $11 million in private fundraising for the Kress Events Center, the new and improved sports, recreation and events center on the UW-Green Bay campus.

The completion of fundraising for the Kress Events Center will enable UW-Green Bay to focus entirely on the academic side of The Campaign for UW-Green Bay, the University's capital campaign.

UW-Green Bay is seeking to raise $15 million in private financial support to enhance academic programs. The campaign's academic phase focuses on increasing student scholarships, attracting and retaining top-quality faculty and students, and strengthening UW-Green Bay's connections to the region.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard thanked the Cofrins for adding the final touch to the Kress Events Center project.

"David and Mary Ann Cofrin have stepped forward time and time again to support this University and our students," Shepard said. "UW-Green Bay would not be what it is today without the selfless and generous support of the Cofrins."

The chancellor also thanked donors from throughout Brown County and Northeastern Wisconsin for supporting the Kress Events Center. He noted that nearly 90 percent of the private funding for the center has come from donors who reside in Brown County.

Construction began earlier this year for the $32.5 million project, which will renovate and expand UW-Green Bay's Phoenix Sports Center. The project is the result of a funding partnership involving students, the state of Wisconsin and private donors.

Fundraising for the Kress Events Center was the first priority for The Campaign for UW-Green Bay out of necessity. The University had to raise at least $7.5 million by Dec. 31, 2004 to obtain a matching commitment from the state of Wisconsin.

UW-Green Bay will name the facility the Kress Events Center in recognition of the Kress family's longtime commitment to the community and generous support of the sports and events center project. The George F. Kress Foundation provided the lead private gift for the project.

The center, which will open in fall 2007, will include a central area with a seating capacity of 4,000 to 5,000. It will serve as the home court of the women's basketball and volleyball teams. An auxiliary gymnasium will provide a practice court for the men's basketball team and a site for student recreational activities.

The Kress Events Center also will offer new health and recreational opportunities for all students. It will include facilities for running, racquet sports, volleyball and intramural basketball, cardiovascular and aerobic activities, Athletic Department offices, and sports medicine.

The center will accommodate important and popular campus events such as summer orientation, commencement, student career fairs, festivals, concerts and multicultural activities.

(06-105 / 25 April 2006 / SH)

UW-Green Bay SIFE team heads to national contests

GREEN BAY-The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) will compete in the SIFE USA National Exposition May 21 through 23 in Kansas City, Mo. after coming home winners from a recent regional competition.

The 11-member team, representing 25 active SIFE members at UW-Green Bay, was named a SIFE USA Regional Champion in competition held in Minneapolis. The UW-Green Bay team also was a finalist in a financial literacy competition sponsored by HSBC, a banking and financial services organization.

The UW-Green Bay team reported on nine community projects over the past year, including organizing International Business Day activities at the University for Washington Middle School seventh graders.

The students were accompanied to regional competition by chapter advisers Professors John Stoll and Ismail Shariff. Stoll said the competition allowed students an opportunity to interact with business leaders in a professional setting.

Students in SIFE organize outreach projects that teach market economics, entrepreneurship, personal financial skills, and business ethics in the community.

Members of the winning team at regional level were:

Nicole Adamietz, Kimberly; Addison Faul, Sheboygan Falls; Danielle Feck, Drummond; Valerie Jensen, Portage; Nicole Kloet, Pleasant Prairie; Emily Krambs, Viroqua; Peter Ruud, La Crosse; Melissa Schuh, Kaukauna; Ryan Wegner, Green Bay; Matt Winden, Monona; and Andy Voigt, Fremont.

(06-104 / 24 April 2006 / VCD)

Two win FEI scholarships

GREEN BAY-Two University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students will be presented $500 scholarships from the area chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) at the group's meeting on Tuesday, April 25 at the Bemis Center at St. Norbert College.

The recipients are Mandy L. Miller, Clintonville, and Adam Uecker, Little Chute.

To be eligible for the scholarships, students must be majoring in accounting or finance.

Miller has returned to UW-Green Bay to complete a major in Accounting. She has maintained a perfect grade point average. Miller graduated from UW-Green Bay in December 2003, earning a major in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance, and a minor in Accounting. She is accounting manager with Mod Tech Industries, Shawano.

Uecker expects to graduate in May 2007 with two majors: Accounting and Business Administration with a finance emphasis. He has a near-perfect grade point average. Uecker is a finance intern at Schreiber Food, Inc. He has been active as a volunteer for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and is a member of Accounting Students Association.

(06-103 / 24 April 2006 / VCD)

8th Congressional District Democratic
debate is Tuesday at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - The first debate at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay involving candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat will take place Tuesday (April 25).

Democratic congressional candidates Steve Kagen, Nancy Nusbaum and Jamie Wall will respond to questions from a panel of state and local journalists. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of UW-Green Bay's University Union. It is free and open to the public.

The candidates are vying for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, who is running for governor.

The panel of journalists for Tuesday's debate includes WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross; Tony Walter, assistant opinion editor of the Green Bay Press-Gazette; Patty Murray, a reporter with Wisconsin Public Radio; and Lindsey Oostra, editor in chief of the Fourth Estate, the UW-Green Bay student newspaper. UW-Green Bay political scientist Terri Johnson will serve as moderator.

The debate Tuesday is the first of two congressional candidate debates to be held this spring at UW-Green Bay. The second, to be held Monday, May 1, will feature Republican candidates John Gard and Terri McCormick.

Party primaries are Sept. 12, and the primary winners will meet in the Nov. 7 general election.

Sponsors of the debates are the UW-Green Bay College Republicans and College Democrats, Project VOTE of Brown County and WisPolitics.com, which will tape the debates for later Webcast.

(06-102 / 21 April 2006 / SH)

Fiber artist Cat Chow will speak
at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-Chicago-based fiber artist Cat Chow will give a free public lecture and show her work at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 in Studio Arts Building Room 411 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Chow is known for garments that combine careful craftsmanship with extraordinary materials, fashioning them from fabrics made of woven dollar bills, washers, zippers, corks, brass rings, tape measures, rubber O-rings, and other atypical materials. She has exhibited widely, including venues such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the new Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Her website lists eight exhibits this year alone.

Chow presently is an artist-in-residence at the Artists Alliance Studio Program in New York.

A theater graduate of Northwestern University, Chow became interested in costume design in the late 1990s while working in a theater props store specializing in medieval costume. In addition to her active career in the visual arts, Chow plays guitar in a rock band.

The student organization, Art Agency, is sponsoring Chow's visit to UW-Green Bay.

(06-101 / 20 April 2006 / VCD)

Water conservation is lecture topic

GREEN BAY-The effectiveness of various water conservation policies is the topic of an Oxford Lecture open to the public at 10 a.m. Monday, April 24 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 105 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Professors Laurel Phoenix and Thomas Nesslein will present the lecture entitled "Incentives, Coercion, or Education? An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Municipal Water Conservation Policy."

The two will look at findings of research in Phoenix, Ariz., that examined the relative effectiveness of engineering solutions such as low-flow devices, public education, raising water rates and city ordinances on conserving water. They'll explore what method saved the most water and how the public reacted to the different conservation approaches.

Phoenix, who teaches in the Public and Environmental Affairs and Geography academic units, is a specialist in planning and water issues. Nesslein is an economist whose interests include urban, health and natural resources economics. He teaches in the Urban and Regional Studies and Economics departments.

The presentation 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.

(06-100 / 20 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay students to display research at State Capitol

GREEN BAY - Fifteen University of Wisconsin-Green Bay undergraduate students will display their research projects Tuesday, April 25 at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison.

The students will participate in "Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate Student Research." The event will bring students and faculty from UW System campuses to the Capitol to share their research with state elected officials, UW System Regents, government representatives and the public.

"Posters in the Rotunda" will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Capitol Rotunda. A brief program will take place at noon.

The program will include remarks by Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton, UW System President Kevin Reilly, Board of Regents President David Walsh, and Dr. Tina Sauerhammer, a UW-Green Bay graduate who currently is in residency in the UW-Madison Medical School's General Surgery Program. Sauerhammer, a former student researcher, received UW-Green Bay's Outstanding Recent Alumni Award in 2005.

Reilly said undergraduate researchers in the UW System participate in projects that have had immediate, positive impacts on campuses and in local communities.

The poster session will allow viewers of students' poster displays to study and review research projects and discuss them with the students.

The following are UW-Green Bay students participating in the poster session, their hometowns, their faculty mentors and academic units, and the titles of the research projects they will display:

• Jenny Ernie, Hudson (Kim Nielsen, Women's Studies): Now I Am Here: The Diverse Voices of African-American Women in History.

• Amy Howarth, Manitowoc, and Sara Lechlietner, Green Bay (Dean Von Dras, Psychology): Effects of Perceived Stress and Coping on College Students' Reading Performance.

• Jacob Lasee, Casco (Mike Zorn and John Katers, Natural and Applied Sciences): Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiesel.

• Michelle Missall, Suring, and Lindsay Sasse, Sheboygan (Phil Clampitt, Information Sciences): Strategic Decision Downloading.

• Amanda Popp, Brillion (Heidi Fencl, Physics, and Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges, Psychology): Gender Differences: Problem Solving Strategies in Social and Scientific Tasks.

• Adam Riese, Brodhead; Courtney Krause, Berlin; Erin Stromberg, Appleton; Nicholas Hebeler, Menasha; and Anna Bosch, Marinette (Dean Von Dras, Psychology): Study of Everyday Stress and Memory in Young, Midlife and Older Adults.

• Melanie Schroeder, Appleton (Theresa Johnson, Public and Environmental Affairs): Civic Engagement of 18 to 24 Year Olds: Have They Given Up, or Have We Given Up On Them?

• Jon Schubbe, Afton, Minn., and Eric Schmechel, Green Bay (Troy Abel, Public and Environmental Affairs): Environmental Justice and Manufacturing Risk Among Toxic Release Inventories.

More information about "Posters in the Rotunda" is available online at http://www.wisconsin.edu/posters/.

(06-99 / 19 April 2006 / SH)

Northeast Wisconsin students head to state National History Day contest

GREEN BAY-Seventy-four middle and high school students from across northeastern Wisconsin are eligible to advance to statewide National History Day competition on April 29 in Madison after competing in the regional contest at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Judges evaluated 136 different group and individual projects to select those who'll compete in Madison.

The state-bound competitors were among 258 students from 19 different schools who participated in regional competitions at UW-Green Bay on April 8. "Taking a Stand in History" is the overall theme for the 2006 contest.

Winners at state level will be selected to go on to national competition June 11 through 15 in Washington, D.C.

Five entries received special awards for projects on particular topics.

The Brown County Historical Society gave awards to Sara Becker and Amanda Strysick of Horace Mann Middle School in Sheboygan for their junior division exhibit, "Kohler Strike: Union vs. Management," and to Kelly Zuleger of Seymour Community High School for a senior division exhibit, "Demands at Dempsey."

The Wisconsin Labor History Society selected for awards Philip Nelson of Parkview Middle School, Ashwaubenon, for his junior division paper, "Hortonville Strike-Binding Arbitration," and Cassie Bauknecht, Kayla Gilman and Kristin Widmer of Manitowoc Wilson Junior High School for their senior division exhibit, "Welcome to WWII: The Waking of Working Women."

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum made an award to Lyssa Haase, Kristen Wolfe, Liza Morrow and Thomas Martin of Seymour Community High School for their senior exhibit, "Manitowoc's Silent Service."

Students advancing to state competition include:

Papers, junior division - Philip Nelson, Parkview Middle School, Ashwaubenon; Lisa Ingels, Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan; Matthew Sajdak, Freedom Middle School.

Papers, senior division - Olivia Stolz, Manitowoc Wilson Junior High School; Tom Reed, Seymour Community High School; Hillary Last, IQ Academy, Fond du Lac.

Exhibits, junior individual projects - Nikhitha Murali, Parkview Middle School, Ashwaubenon; Kathy Lee; Shelby Kohlmann, both of Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan.

Exhibits, junior group projects - Alice Zhao and Emily Ristow; Sara Becker and Amanda Strysick, all of Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan; Ashley Wilke, Ashley Kirchner and Val Dingman, Random Lake Middle School.

Exhibits, senior individual projects - Kelly Zuleger, Seymour Community High School; Jackie Wronkowski, Manitowoc Wilson Junior High School; Erin Britton, Sheboygan North High School.

Exhibits, senior group projects - Lyssa Haase, Kristen Wolfe, Liza Morrow and Thomas Martin; Haley Jansen and Joel Rottier; Erin Cole and Melissa Fischl, all of Seymour Community High School.

Documentaries, junior individual projects - Alex Frantz, Classical School, Appleton; Michael Belitz, Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan; Madelene Birenbaum, Random Lake Middle School.

Documentaries, junior group projects - Andrew Philips, Nathan Fearing, Sam Kahr, Kelson Warner and Erik Emanuelson; Ava Neddersen, Kelsey Moore and Eliza Pelrine; all of Gibraltar Middle School; Hannah Wikum and Taylor Kurowski, Parkview Middle School, Ashwaubenon.

Documentaries, senior individual projects - Jennifer Holcomb, Appleton West High School; Brie Cassidy, Stefanie Lindsley, Pa Yeng Lee, all of Sheboygan North High School.

Documentaries, senior group projects - Kortney Guskie, Julia Livermore and Brian Goetsch, Sheboygan North High School; Conor Benham, Alex Turek and John Meihsner, Manitowoc Wilson Junior High School; Michelle Goulas and Miranda Batzler, Campbellsport High School.

Performances, junior individual projects - Brandon Johnson; Lisa Yang; Curtis Brousseau, all of Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan.

Performances, senior individual projects - Julia St. Pierre; Dannaley Sarnowski; Jerome Hanson, all of Sheboygan North High School.

Performances, senior group projects - Andrea Bosman, Kayla Anschutz, Samantha Prust, Morgan Thoma, and Rachel Stewart, Gibraltar High School.

Also, three entries named "Best of School" will continue in the competition.

Best of School designees are: Sara Stemper and David Dechamps representing Ashwaubenon and Green Bay Preble High Schools for a senior group exhibit; Shaina Brohard of Mt. Carmel Academy of Green Bay for a junior individual exhibit; and Brian Drake of Neenah High School for a senior paper.

The National History Day competition for middle and high school students dates to 1974. The Northeastern Wisconsin Regional History Day competition at UW-Green Bay only began in 2003, however, and quickly grew to become the largest regional contest in Wisconsin.

(06-98 / 19 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay seniors showcase their art

GREEN BAY-Five University of Wisconsin-Green Bay art students will exhibit their work in the second of two senior exhibitions opening with a reception at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23 in the Lawton Gallery on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The artists include Tiernee Horkan, Reedsburg, installation; Daniel Klewer, Muskego, paintings and sculptures; Jesse Mitchell, Green Bay, silk screens and installation; Joseph Orthober, Egg Harbor, sculpture; and James Tobias-Becker, De Pere, sculptures.

Senior exhibits represent the culmination of art students' studies.

The exhibit continues through commencement day, May 13.

The Lawton Gallery is located in Theater Hall Room 230. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The number for information is (920) 465-2271.

(06-97 / 17 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay international students
offer dinner, entertainment

GREEN BAY- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay international students invite members of community and campus to dinner and entertainment on the theme "Dancing with the Internationals" sponsored by the International Student Club on Saturday, April 22 in the University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

A social hour in the Nicolet Dining Room begins at 5 p.m. and dinner featuring recipes from around the world is at 7:30 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms. Entertainment begins at 6 p.m. and runs until dinner, then resumes after the meal.

Recipes from Peru, Colombia, Thailand, Germany, France, Greece, and the U.S. are on the menu.

Fritters made of plantain, a member of the banana family, and yuca, a starchy tuber, will be the appetizers. Main and side dishes include Colombian potato salad; lomo saltado, a Peruvian beef and vegetable dish; chicken pad Thai noodles; herbed spaetzle, a dish common in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; and salade Nicoise from France. Three desserts include baklava from Greece and the Middle East, American apple pie and bizcocho tres leches (cake with three milks) from Puerto Rico.

According to event coordinator Olga Kirilchuk, the entertainment is based on the popular television program, "Dancing with the Stars." American students will be recruited to perform with international students in dances from several countries and a panel of faculty judges will evaluate the Americans' performances. The culminating number will include five different Latin American dances. In addition, students from the Netherlands, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and other countries will perform musical numbers.

General information about the event is available at (920) 465-5164.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students. Tickets are available at the University Union Information Center on the first floor of the Union building. Tickets can be reserved by calling (920) 465-2400.

(06-96 / 17 April 2006 / VCD)

Still time to register for
'Leadership Summit on Diversity'

GREEN BAY - Registration remains open for the first "Leadership Summit on Diversity: A Call to Action," a community-wide summit to strengthen the commitment to racial and ethnic diversity in Brown County.

The summit will take place Thursday (April 20) in the Lambeau Field Atrium. It will run from 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The event is an opportunity for participants to discuss the many diversity initiatives in the area and outline their visions for a diverse Brown County. It will serve as a springboard for collaborative action on the important issue of the changing face of Brown County's population.

Keynote speaker Samuel Betances is an educator and consultant who has worked with U.S. presidents, business leaders, members of the clergy and teachers. He will talk about helping others learn the importance of pulling cultures together.

Primary sponsors of the summit are the Green Bay Packers, Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Brown County UW-Extension, and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The registration fee for the Leadership Summit on Diversity is $25 a person or $15 for students. The fee covers all program costs, including lunch.

To register, call the UW-Green Bay Office of Outreach and Extension at (800) 892-2118 or go online at http://diversity.uwgb.edu.

(06-95 / 14 April 2006 / SH)

'Enchanted April' opens April 21
at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin Green Bay Theater will present "Enchanted April" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22 and Thursday through Saturday April 27 through 29 in University Theater located in Theater Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Laura Riddle directs the play that she describes as "a lovely end of season and welcome to spring" event.

In post-World War I Britain, two housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for the month of April and advertise for two other women to share expenses. A socialite and a dowager join them.

"One of the themes of the play is the 'befores and afters' of our lives and the sense of emptiness when there has been a loss," says Riddle, noting that a million British men had been lost in the war. "The women each feel this emptiness, not knowing if it will ever be filled again."

Riddle says gardening is an important metaphor throughout the play. "We see the women blossom as they allow their 'befores' to slide into memories allowing themselves to move on," she explains, observing that the original novel must have had a strong impact on women readers, many of whom were widows. "It seems timely as the country continues to heal from the losses of 2001 and the war still being fought," Riddle adds.

"Enchanted April" was nominated for a Tony award for Best Play in 2003. The play by Matthew Barber is based on a popular novel of that title published in England just three years after World War I. The book was adapted for a film in 1991.

Jeffrey Entwistle is the scenic designer and Kaiome Malloy has designed the costumes. Michael Ingraham is the technical director. All are members of the faculty.

Student designers include Andrew Atienza, lighting designer; Paul Heim, sound designer; and Jeff Harpold, props designer. Amanda M. Scholz is the stage director.

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

(06-94 / 13 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay student is
'Student Employee of the Year'

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay senior Adam Halfmann is a double winner in the Student Employee of the Year competition sponsored by the National Student Employment Association. Halfmann has won the top honor at UW-Green Bay and in the State of Wisconsin.

Halfmann, who is from Kiel, has been employed for three years as games management supervisor and an office assistant with UW-Green Bay Athletics. Halfmann is completing a major in communications.

Associate Athletic Director Dan McIver, who made the nomination, said that Halfmann shows "complete professionalism in his work and personality." Said McIver, "I do not consider him to be a student employee. Adam is a fulltime member of the athletic department staff."

Halfmann received a certificate and an engraved clock for winning the UW-Green Bay honor. In addition, a traveling trophy bearing his picture will be housed in the Athletics Department for the next year, and his name will be added to a plaque in the Financial Aid and Student Employment Office. Halfmann received a certificate and a check for $75 for winning the state honor. His nomination has been forwarded to a Midwest competition.

Twenty students at UW-Green Bay were nominated for the campus honor. Each will receive a certificate of appreciation.

The competition and observance of Student Employee Week are aimed at acknowledging the valuable contributions student employees make in university settings.

(06-93 / 13 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Adult Degree Programs
to hold information sessions in April

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is holding two information sessions this month for working adults interested in learning about UW-Green Bay's Adult Degree Programs.

The free sessions are scheduled for Thursday, April 20 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, April 22 at 9:30 a.m. The sessions are in Room 217 of Mary Ann Cofrin Hall on the UW-Green Bay campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive.

The innovative and convenient Adult Degree Programs make a bachelor of arts degree accessible to nontraditional adult students trying to balance the pursuit of a degree with work and family responsibilities.

Information sessions cover topics such as starting and returning to college as an adult student, support services for adult students, program costs and financial aid, credit for life learning and how to get started.

Adult Degree students attend half-day Saturday classes and work independently between classes. Students benefit from small class sizes and personalized attention.

For more information about UW-Green Bay Adult Degree Programs or to register for the information sessions, go online at www.uwgb.edu/adultdegrees or call (920) 465-2577 or (800) 621-2313.

(06-92 / 13 April 2006 / SH)

UW-Green Bay to join local program
for deer control

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will participate in a Green Bay/Brown County deer-control program in response to the growing deer population on the UW-Green Bay campus.

The University will participate in the program until April 30, when the cooperative city/county program concludes for this year, and in future years from Feb. 6 through April 1.

Under the program, highly proficient and carefully screened archers will be permitted to hunt for deer at strategic sites in the Cofrin Arboretum and near the southwest entrance to the UW-Green Bay campus.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard, acting on a recommendation from the Chancellor's Cabinet, authorized the University's participation in the cooperative deer control program.

The decision is based on concerns about overbrowsing, risk of deer-vehicle collisions, and the elevated risk of diseases such as Lyme Disease. All of these problems can be expected when deer populations reach levels as high as those on the UW-Green Bay campus.

The city/county deer control program has been in place since 2003. Archers participating in the program must pass a police background check and a shooting proficiency test administered in cooperation with local archery ranges. They also will be approved by University personnel.

The Cofrin Arboretum will remain open during the periods designated for hunting. Archers are required to hunt a minimum of 100 yards from Arboretum trails and must be in stands at least 12 feet off the ground.

For more information about UW-Green Bay's involvement in the deer-control program, contact Dean Rodeheaver, assistant chancellor for planning and budget, at 465-2039, or Robert Howe, director of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, at 465-2272.

(06-91 / 12 April 2006 / SH)

UW-Green Bay speaker: Black Hawk War was 'Big Bang' for Wisconsin

GREEN BAY-A historian who says the short-lived Black Hawk War in 1832 was "the beginning of the beginning for Wisconsin" will speak on his new book about that war at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 20 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 208 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr.

Kerry A. Trask, author of "Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America," is a professor of history at UW-Manitowoc. His presentation is free and open to the public. Copies of the book will be available for sale at a reduced price.

The war came about when the Sauk leader Black Hawk, chafing at treaties that required Indians to remove to west of the Mississippi, lead a band of followers to fight the U.S. Army and the Illinois militia in an attempt to regain former Indian lands east of the river.

Black Hawk's defeat became a "defining creation moment" for the state, says Trask. The movement of the army and militia got whites into areas where they hadn't previously been and they became more aware of the land, he explains. In addition, the war definitively pushed the Indians west of the Mississippi and made the area available to settlement.

The conflict was short, says Trask, but it had significant impact on defining not only Wisconsin as an entity, but on Americans' identity.

Trask says his book offers other perspectives that differ from earlier studies by exploring the British influence on Indian tribes in the Midwest, and in looking at the influence of both Indian and white women. "You can make a case that the Black Hawk War was instigated by women on both sides," says Trask.

A native of Ontario, Canada, Trask has a bachelor's degree in history from Hamline University, St. Paul, and master's and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of Minnesota. His previous books are "In the Pursuit of Shadows: Massachusetts Millennialism and the Seven Years War," and "The Fire Within: A Civil War Narrative from Wisconsin." He is review editor for Voyageur, northeast Wisconsin's historical review.

Trask's presentation is sponsored by the Friends of the Cofrin Library at UW-Green Bay.

(06-90 / 11 April 2006 / VCD)

Community leaders promote 'Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda'

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents heard a strong community endorsement Friday for a plan to grow UW-Green Bay to meet the economic and social needs of Northeastern Wisconsin.

Community and business leaders told the Regents that a larger University is needed to adequately serve a rapidly growing and changing region.

The leaders offered their views of "Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda," a plan to increase UW-Green Bay's state-supported enrollment by 50 percent. UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard explained the details of the Growth Agenda to the Regents' Business, Finance and Audit Committee the previous day.

The plan is consistent with UW System President Kevin Reilly's vision for growth throughout the System.

Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce President Paul Jadin said the Growth Agenda for UW-Green Bay will help drive regional growth in high-tech, high-knowledge sectors of the economy. He also said it fits in well with the New North, a regional strategy for economic development.

"There is a sense of urgency here," Jadin said. "We, and you, and the governor and everyone else in Madison have to recognize the need to grow this institution and grow the New North,"

William Gollnick, chief of staff for the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and a UW-Green Bay alumnus, said UW-Green Bay must be open and accessible to the region's growing population. The University needs to grow to remain available to the young people and returning adults for whom quality education is "desperately" needed, he said.

"I believe that UWGB is the right kind of institution for the greater Green Bay area," Gollnick said. "It simply needs to be accessible to more people."

He said UW-Green Bay is a leader in educating Oneidas, Menominees and other tribal leaders to function in the outside world. The University also is educating future leaders of the region about the region's people and governments.

Other community leaders speaking on behalf of the Growth Agenda were Susan Finco, president of Leonard & Finco Public Relations, Inc.; Larry Ferguson, president and chief executive officer of Schreiber Foods; Paul Linzmeyer, president of Bay Towel; Jeffrey Rafn, president of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College; and Diane Ford, vice president and controller for Wisconsin Public Service Resource Corp.

Regents responded that they were impressed with the show of community support for the Growth Agenda. That support will help the University, community and Regents sell the initiative to state leaders.

"I'm pledging my support for this Growth Agenda, not only my support but my help in any way I can to sell this to the Legislature," said Regent Thomas Loftus of Sun Prairie.

"Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda" would;

— increase UW-Green Bay's enrollment to about 7,500 students from the current 5,400.
— increase state funding for UW-Green Bay by $8.2 million over the next three two-year budget periods.
— require one additional building for classrooms and offices on the UW-Green Bay campus.

Three factors - diversity, the economic transition taking place in Northeastern Wisconsin, and strong demand for a UW-Green Bay education - are driving the Growth Agenda.

A more detailed look at the Growth Agenda and the forces behind it are available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/growthagenda/index.htm.

(06-89 / 7 April 2006 / SH)

'Growth Agenda' expands opportunities for Northeastern Wisconsin

GREEN BAY - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard today unveiled "Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda," a plan that would enable UW-Green Bay to meet the demands and needs of a rapidly growing and changing region.

The proposal, announced at a meeting of the UW System Board of Regents' Business, Finance and Audit Committee, would increase UW-Green Bay's state-supported enrollment by 50 percent.

"This is not an agenda for UW-Green Bay," Shepard said. "It is UW-Green Bay's best effort to strategically support the region's agenda."

The plan, which is consistent with UW System President Kevin Reilly's vision for growth throughout the UW System, would:

-- increase UW-Green Bay's enrollment to about 7,500 students from the current 5,400.

-- increase state funding for UW-Green Bay by $8.2 million over the next three two-year budget periods.

-- require one additional classroom/office building on the UW-Green Bay campus.

Shepard said three factors - diversity, the economic transition taking place in Northeastern Wisconsin, and strong demand for a UW-Green Bay education - are driving the Growth Agenda.

The plan was developed in response to regional needs expressed by people throughout the region, he said.

"We were propelled by a sense of urgency as we listened to those who best understand what is happening in our region," he said.

If Northeastern Wisconsin were a state, it would rank near the bottom among the 50 states in the percentage of residents with college degrees, Shepard said. That must change as the region's economy transitions from the traditional manufacturing to a knowledge-based economy, he said.

The increasing diversity of the region's population also is a key factor behind the Growth Agenda, according to Shepard.

UW-Green Bay's Phuture Phoenix Program, which aims to raise the educational aspirations of disadvantaged young people starting in fifth grade, is helping build a pipeline from communities of color to the University, Shepard said. However, he said, that could spell trouble ahead unless UW-Green Bay can expand its capacity.

"I have been telling every legislator, regent, UW System officer, statewide officeholder and community leader I speak with that we are creating a train wreck some years out," he said. "This campus that closes admissions early and is among the smallest in the state is building a large pipeline to our metropolitan area's multi-colored future."

Shepard noted that growing demand for a UW-Green Bay education - applications per opening have increased 50 percent in recent years - has forced the University to close applications earlier than ever before.

He attributed the strong demand in large part to UW-Green Bay's academic program which emphasizes connecting learning to life through hands-on, practical problem-solving.

"We firmly believe that, as we prepare students for careers not yet known and societal problems we are as yet unaware of, it is precisely the UW-Green Bay approach that works best," he said.

The chancellor's full Growth Agenda presentation to the Regents' committee is available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/growthagenda/.

Community leaders will join Shepard on Friday morning in making the case for the Growth Agenda before the full Board of Regents. The Regents are holding their monthly meetings at UW-Green Bay today and Friday.

(06-88 / 6 April 2006 / SH)

Details set for congressional debates at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY - Candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat will take questions from local and state journalists in upcoming debates at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The first debate, involving Democratic candidates Steve Kagen, Nancy Nusbaum and Jamie Wall, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 25.

A debate between Republican candidates John Gard and Terri McCormick will be held Monday, May 1. The Republican event previously had been planned for Wednesday, April 12, but was changed to a new date due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict.

Both debates will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of UW-Green Bay's University Union. The debates are open to the public.

The five candidates are competing for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, who is running for governor.

A media panel for the April 25 Democratic debate includes WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross; Bob Van Enkenvoort, assistant opinion editor of the Green Bay Press-Gazette; Patty Murray, a reporter with Wisconsin Public Radio; and Lindsey Oostra, editor in chief of the Fourth Estate, the UW-Green Bay student newspaper.

Panelists for the May 1 Republican debate are Ross, Murray, Oostra, and Ben Jones, Madison Bureau chief of The Post-Crescent of Appleton.

UW-Green Bay political scientist Theresa Johnson will serve as moderator of the debates.

The 8th District race is receiving considerable national attention this campaign season. Party primaries are Sept. 12, and the primary winners will meet in the Nov. 7 general election.

Sponsors of the debates are the UW-Green Bay College Republicans and College Democrats, Project VOTE of Brown County and WisPolitics.com, which will tape the debates for later Webcast.

(06-87 / 6 April 2006 / SH)

Censorship, beauty in art are April 13 topics at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-A scholar who has written extensively on the arts and arts and culture will participate in a panel discussion and give a lecture on Thursday, April 13 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. Both events are free and open to the public.

Wendy Steiner, Richard L. Fisher Professor of English and founding director of the Penn Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania, will participate in a panel, "Scandal of Pleasure/Axis of Evil," at 11 a.m. in Room 350 of the Studio Arts Building. Her lecture will be at 7 p.m. in the Christie Theater in the University Union.

Steiner is the author of the book, "The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism" which was on The New York Times list of "100 Best Books of 1996." In the book, Steiner examines the 1990 legal challenge filed in Cincinnati against works by the late artist Robert Mapplethorp. A local prosecutor brought action claiming that certain works in the touring exhibition were obscene. A jury disagreed, finding that the works were valid and serious works of art.

The panel at UW-Green Bay will discuss issues of censorship and compare events surrounding the Mapplethorp exhibition in Cincinnati to those at UW-Green Bay in September 2005 when one work in the Lawton Gallery exhibit, "Axis of Evil: the Secret History of Sin," was withheld from display on the gallery wall. UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard made the decision, saying that the work could be construed as advocating assassination. UW-Green Bay art students mounted a silent protest of the decision. The exhibit's curator, Chicago artist Michael Hernandez de Luna, came to participate in a gallery discussion of issues raised by the exhibit and its reception.

In addition to Steiner, participants in the April 13 panel will include Prof. Derek Jeffreys, who teaches in the Humanistic Studies and Philosophy units; Lawton Gallery Director Stephen Perkins; and Prof. Carol Emmons, a member of the faculties in Art and Communication and the Arts. The discussion is taking place in the context of Emmons's class in Concepts and Issues of Modern Art.

Steiner's 7 p.m. lecture is "The Model in the Mirror of Art." Steiner is widely published with articles and reviews on books, painting, architecture and general culture in both general and scholarly presses. Her most recent book is "Venus in Exile: The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-Century Art." Steiner is the winner of Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities and American Council of Learned Societies awards.

(06-86 / 6 April 2006 / VCD)

Green Bay native will read poems at
UW-Green Bay, Neville

GREEN BAY-Poet and Green Bay native Maggie Dietz will give two public readings of her work on Thursday, April 13 in Green Bay. Both events are free and open to the public.

At 2 p.m., she'll present a reading and discuss her work in the 1965 Room of University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. Copies of her first book of poems, "Perennial Fall," will be available for sale and signing during the reception after her presentation. Her UW-Green Bay appearance is sponsored by the Humanistic Studies academic program.

At 6:30 p.m., Dietz will present a reading at the Neville Public Museum of Brown County. Books will be available for sale and signing prior to the reading.

A graduate of Saint Joseph Academy, Dietz is a lecturer in creative writing at Boston University and assistant poetry editor for "Slate" magazine.

For several years, Dietz directed the national Favorite Poem Project, founded by then-U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky. The project, which invited Americans to submit their favorite poems, led to videos, readings, a website, summer poetry institutes, and three anthologies that Dietz co-edited with Pinsky.

Dietz has received fellowships from the New Hampshire State Council for the Arts, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, N.H., where she presently resides.

(06-85 / 6 April 2006 / VCD)

Seven win art scholarships

GREEN BAY-Scholarships in art have been awarded to seven students at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Three students won David L. Damkoehler Art Scholarships. They are Eric Beining, De Pere, and Casey Early-Krueger and Erica Millspaugh, both of Green Bay. Damkoehler was an area businessman and the father of UW-Green Bay Prof. David Damkoehler.

The recipient of the Henry F. Hagemeister Jr. Memorial Art Scholarship is Andrew Linskens, Green Bay. The award's namesake was a member of the area art community.

The Althea Steele Lederer Scholarship, honoring a former journalist who had interests in the arts, went to Johanna Winters, St. Paul, Minn.

Sandi Rihn, Green Bay, won the Michael Kazar Memorial Scholarship, and Zach Roush, Schofield, received the William F. Prevetti Scholarship. Kazar and Prevetti were both founding members of the UW-Green Bay art faculty. Known primarily as a watercolorist, Kazar was the first chairperson of art and long-time director of the Summer Art Studio for high school students at UW-Green Bay. A printmaker, Prevetti also served as UW-Green Bay curator of art.

(06-84 / 6 April 2006 / VCD)

News conference April 6 to focus on
UW, technical college initiatives

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will host a news conference Thursday (April 6) at which representatives of the UW System and the Wisconsin Technical College System will announce developments related to a joint effort of the public higher education systems.

Reporters are invited to attend the news conference at 11:30 a.m. in Phoenix Room A of the University Union on the UW-Green Bay campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive.

These initiatives followed the recommendations of a joint working group, known as the Committee on Baccalaureate Expansion. These goals will be accomplished, in part, through the development of new academic and degree-completion programs. In line with the UW System's emerging Growth Agenda, the two higher education systems are working together to address the state's brain-gain needs by expanding the number of Wisconsin citizens who have bachelor's degrees.

The UW System and the Wisconsin Technical College System also have collaborated to make the state's public higher education systems more seamless, and to greatly expand credit transfer and joint programming.

Participants in the news conference are expected to include UW System President Kevin P. Reilly, Wisconsin Technical College President Daniel Clancy, Wisconsin Technical College Board President and UW System Regent Brent Smith, UW System Regent Chuck Pruitt, Wisconsin Secretary of Revenue Michael Morgan, and UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard.

The news conference will be followed by a meeting of the UW System Board of Regents, also on the UW-Green Bay campus.

For more information, contact Scott Hildebrand of UW-Green Bay at (920) 465-2526 or Kate Dixon of UW System at (608) 265-3195.

(06-83 / 5 April 2006 / SH)

UW-Green Bay workshop to highlight music, other help for grieving

GREEN BAY - Remembering the deceased and maintaining positive connections with those we have lost will be the focus of "How We Grieve: Maintaining the Connection," a workshop Thursday, April 27 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Keynoter Paul Alexander, a nationally known singer, songwriter and social worker, will explore how to maintain connections with the deceased as part of the grieving process and stress the therapeutic value of honoring and remembering the deceased in creative ways.

Alexander also will highlight the curative and supportive benefits of music and will demonstrate music as it relates to grieving.

The appearance of Alexander, who has shared his music and message of hope throughout the United States and Canada, is of particular interest to those working in the hospice field.

Other presenters at the workshop include Illene Noppe, UW-Green Bay professor of human development, and Edi Cornelius-Grosskopf, family development specialist and certified hospice volunteer.

Noppe will present an overview of current research on our continuing bonds with those we have lost. Cornelius-Grosskopf will discuss therapeutic journaling, a powerful tool for self-growth for those who have experienced the fear, loss and grief of a death or serious illness.

Sponsors of the daylong workshop are the UW-Green Bay Institute on Dying, Death and Bereavement and the Northeast Wisconsin Alliance for Social Worker Continuing Education. Alexander's presentation is made possible through support from Lyndahl Funeral Home.

The workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in UW-Green Bay's University Union.

The registration fee is $50 on or before April 20 and $60 after that date. The fee for UW-Green Bay and UW-Oshkosh students is $25 with a student ID required at program check-in. Continuing education credits are available.

For more information about "How We Grieve: Maintaining the Connection," contact Barbara McClure-Lukens by phone at (920) 465-2222 or by e-mail at mcclureb@uwgb.edu. Complete program information and online registration are available at http://www.uwgb.edu/outreach/ddb/html/curprograms.asp.

(06-82 / 4 April 2006 / SH)

Moritz piano recital is April 9

GREEN BAY-Pianist Benjamin Moritz will perform in recital at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Dr. The event is free and open to the public.

Moritz will open the program with several preludes and fugues from Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier," Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata, op. 57, and Rachmaninoff's "Moment Musicaux," no. 1.

He'll continue the program with two compositions by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Moritz says the Nietzsche pieces are not published and only recently are being increasingly performed, although Nietzsche's philosophy appealed to many composers and several-including Strauss, Mahler, Delius and Berg-set his words to music. Moritz did his dissertation research on Nietzsche's music and thought. He recently gave a lecture recital on Nietzsche's music at New York University in an event sponsored by the Nietzsche Circle, an organization for which he serves on the advisory board.

Moritz also will perform a set of pieces by the Turkish composer Ulvi Cemal Erkin. According to Moritz, the Erkin works are not known in the West and only recently have been published outside of Turkey. Prior to joining UW-Green Bay, Moritz was on the faculty at Eastern Mediterranean University in Turkey where he taught and coordinated the accompanying program and a piano festival and competition.

Moritz will close the program with a transcription of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Favorite Things."

A member of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty since 2004, Moritz earned his Doctor of Music degree in piano performance from Northwestern University. He completed a master's degree in music at Indiana University and a bachelor's degree in music at Bradley University, and in both cases, had secondary field of study in philosophy.

(06-81 / 3 April 2006 / VCD)

UW-Green Bay Pow-Wow is April 8

GREEN BAY-The annual Pow-Wow at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will be from noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday, April 8 in the Phoenix Sports Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr. Grand entries are scheduled at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

The event sponsored by the UW-Green Bay Intertribal Student Council and the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Native American Student Association is free and open to the public.

Head dancers will be Aaron and Lisa Weso. Dan King will serve as master of ceremonies, and Dave Turnney will be the arena director.

Spirit Bear will be the host drum group, with Str8 Across serving as co-host. Invited drums include Nanapowe, Niwiwan, Medicine Rock and Wind Eagle.

The color guard will be provided by Oneida Chapter of the Wisconsin Indian Veterans Association, Mohican Veterans, Veterans of the Menominee Nation and the Forest County Potawatomi Veterans Association.

Special guest Wade Fernandez, a musician, songwriter and recording artist, will perform during intermission. Fernandez, who was born and raised on the Menominee Reservation, has performed at festivals and other events across the U.S. and Europe. He has performed with various artists including Jackson Browne and the Indigo Girls. Fernandez's music, performances and writing have been recognized with awards.

Vendors at the Pow-wow will offer food and a variety of articles for sale.

(06-80 / 3 April 2006 / VCD)

Students will bring original projects to UW-Green Bay History Day competition

GREEN BAY-Some 255 middle and high school students from across the region will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Saturday, April 8 for the Northeastern Wisconsin Regional History Day competition.

The students have spent weeks and months honing original projects on the theme "Taking a Stand in History" in hope of being selected to advance to the statewide competition April 29 in Madison and ultimately to the national competition June 11 through 15 in Washington, D.C.

Judges on Saturday will evaluate projects on themes ranging from Jesus as a feminist to the bombing of UW-Madison's Sterling Hall during anti-Vietnam War unrest and from the discovery of penicillin to the artist Andy Warhol. One group will present a documentary on an area ladies aid society who determinedly raised the money in the 1920s and '30s to rebuild their burned church. Several projects deal with issues surrounding the death penalty in Wisconsin.

For the first time at the UW-Green Bay contest, competitors may win prizes, according to coordinator Debra Anderson. The Wisconsin Council for Labor History, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum and the Brown County Historical Society are donating prizes for outstanding projects in particular subject areas.

Anderson says the 255 students who'll compete on Saturday were selected at their schools from about 1,215 northeastern Wisconsin students participating in History Day activities at school level over the course of the academic year. In 2004, 180 students from a dozen schools came to UW-Green Bay to compete. This year 17 schools are represented.

Schools represented at the competition include: Appleton West High School; The Classical School, Appleton; Parkview Middle School, Ashwaubenon; Campbellsport High School; a Fond du Lac student in the on-line IQ Academy; Freedom Middle School; Gibraltar Middle School and High School; Mount Carmel Academy, Green Bay; Red Smith Middle School, Green Bay; Wilson Junior High School, Manitowoc; Neenah High School; Random Lake Middle School; Seymour Community High School; Horace Mann Middle School, Sheboygan; and Sheboygan North and South High Schools. One team of competitors represents both Ashwaubenon and Preble High Schools in Green Bay.

Schools participating in History Day activities but not sending competitors include Kimberly High School, Plymouth Middle School and Sturgeon Bay High School.

The competition is divided into junior and senior divisions for middle and high school students. Individuals may present their research as historical papers or websites. Students also can choose to compete as individuals or groups with exhibits, documentaries or performances.

The National History Day competition dates to 1974. The Northeastern Wisconsin Regional History Day competition at UW-Green Bay only began in 2003, however, and quickly grew to become the largest regional contest in Wisconsin.

Support for the 2006 contest is being provided by the Jean Nicolet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Brown County Historical Society, and Sodexho.

(06-79 / 3 April 2006 / VCD)

'Racialization of Space' is lecture topic

GREEN BAY-University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Prof. Ray Hutchison will lecture on "The Racialization of Urban Space" at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 6 in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall Room 103 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Dr.

The phenomenon of neighborhoods dominated by a single ethnic or racial group — Harlem in New York, Chinatown in San Francisco, Little Havana in Miami, Koreatown in Los Angeles or Little Saigon in Orange County, Calif. — is often seen as negative, says Hutchison. Urban planners find it convenient to designate such areas as slums, residents may be stigmatized by addresses in those neighborhoods, and outsiders often avoid such areas.

Hutchison's lecture will offer a new approach to the racialization of urban space, suggesting that it may result in positive neighborhoods, as well as undesirable areas. He'll also talk about the roles of community residents and outsiders such as urban planners and others in influencing how neighborhoods turn out.

Hutchison, who teaches in the Urban and Regional Studies and Sociology academic programs, joined UW-Green Bay in 1984. His research specializations include ethnic minorities in the U.S., particularly those from Southeast Asia.

The presentation 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. Hutchison's lecture is offered as part of his course in Race and Ethnic Relations.

(06-78 / 3 April 2006 / VCD)

April Board of Regents Meeting

MADISON-The April meeting of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will be held Thursday and Friday, April 6-7, on the UW-Green Bay campus.

Thursday's Regent committee sessions will feature presentations from the host campus. Chancellor Bruce Shepard will present "Northeastern Wisconsin's Growth Agenda for UW-Green Bay," before the Regents' Business, Finance and Audit Committee. The chancellor is expected to outline how the campus could provide a greater number of college degrees to better serve the developing region, and meet the expectations and needs of students, faculty, staff and community members.

The Education Committee will learn about UW-Green Bay's emphasis on "Connecting learning to life." Faculty and alumni will share with Regents how this approach to education emphasizes problem solving, examines issues from multiple perspectives, and breaks down barriers to solutions.

The Business, Finance and Audit, and the Physical Planning and Funding Committees will hear a presentation on the UW-Green Bay Master Plan, the campus's second-ever long-range, comprehensive campus development plan. Presenters will review critical issues, such as potential sites for new facilities and enrollment growth.

Reporters are invited to join Regents and other guests for UW-Green Bay's annual Academic Excellence Symposium in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, to be held Thursday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to noon. The poster session will display the scholarly and creative work of UW-Green Bay's best and brightest students.

On Friday, Regents will learn more about UW-Green Bay's leadership in Northeastern Wisconsin. Chancellor Shepard will join community and business leaders in discussing the role a growing UW-Green Bay must play in the region's economic and social transition.

Committee meetings of the Board of Regents meeting will begin Thursday at 1 p.m. on the UW-Green Bay campus, 2420 Nicolet Drive. Friday's meeting begins at 9 a.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union. An agenda is available at http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/.

More information about UW-Green Bay is available at http://www.uwgb.edu/.

To listen to a live webcast of the full Board sessions, visit http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/regents/meetings/.

Reporters seeking to arrange to attend the meeting at UW-Green Bay should contact Scott Hildebrand, UW-Green Bay Director of Marketing and Media Relations, at (920) 465-2526.

(06-77 / 31 March 2006 / SH)