November 1998

UW-Extension honors Green Bay business development staff member

GREEN BAY - Judith Blahnik of De Pere, a program assistant in the Small Business Development Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, has been honored with a 1998 Exceptional Service Award presented by UW-Extension.

She received the award from UW-Extension Interim Chancellor Albert J. Beaver at the organization's annual awards banquet this fall. The citation recognized her "outstanding skills in support of the UW-Extension/UW-Green Bay partnership for small business development."

As program assistant, Blahnik helps coordinate events and provides customer service for the Small Business Development Center. The center - part of the Office of Outreach and Extension at UW-Green Bay - provides management counseling and continuing-education programs for business people in an 11-county area of Northeastern Wisconsin.

Blahnik joined the Small Business Development Center staff at UW-Green Bay in 1984.

GREEN BAY - Amanda E. Moschea, Whitefish Bay, has won the first Paul D. Ziemer Memorial Vocal Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Moschea will complete her UW-Green Bay degree in music education in May 2000 with credentials to teach in kindergarden through 12th grade. She plans to emphasize secondary school vocal music.

A soprano, Moschea will sing a major role in an original opera for children premiering on Dec. 3 at UW-Green Bay. The opera, presented by the University's Opera Workshop, was composed by faculty member Terence J. O'Grady. Moschea also will sing in the chorus for the third consecutive year in "The Colors of Christmas" on December 17 in the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

Moschea's vocal participation at UW-Green Bay includes Vocal Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and Concert Choir. She also plays in the Hand Drumming Ensemble.

In fall 1997, Moschea traveled with UW-Green Bay faculty member Sarah Meredith and other students to the Czech Republic to participate in the International Dvorak Competition. Last academic year she also was tour manager for the Concert Choir spring tour and served as president for the student chapter of American Choral Directors Association.

The Paul D. Ziemer Vocal Scholarships at UW-Green Bay and at St. Norbert College honor the memory of the former CEO of Wisconsin Public Service Corp., a long-time participant in and advocate for vocal music, and a generous donor to both institutions.

Music Department Chairperson Kevin Collins calls the scholarship "a boost to our vocal music program." It's the first at the University designated specifically for vocal students and one that can go to continuing students as well as freshmen. "It's nice that we can target this scholarship toward continuing students whom we have observed to show promise in their careers," Collins adds

GREEN BAY - Brent Johnson, Menasha, won the Best of Show Award, the Art Faculty Award, and four separate purchase awards in the 26th annual juried student art exhibition at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The exhibit of work by 49 student artists continues through Dec. 19 in the Lawton Gallery in Theatre Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. Juror Suzanne Woods, curator of the Edna Carlsten Gallery at UW-Stevens Point, selected the work for the exhibit and chose the awards, except for the faculty award.

Johnson is a senior, majoring in Communication and the Arts with an art minor. He lists a permanent home address of 1420 Linda Ave., Menasha.

Other ranked awards were won by Leua Fekusone Latai, Green Bay, first place and Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences Purchase Award; Kerrie Hughes, Green Bay, second place and Chancellor's Purchase Award; Mary Hardin, Waukesha, third place and Provost's Purchase Award; and Nicole Paider, Green Bay, honorable mention, Curator's Purchase Award and University cash award.

University cash awards went to Mark Lange, Waukesha; Greg Nault, Sturgeon Bay; Kim Plautz, Darien; Martha Southard, Green Bay; Julie Jackson, Thiensville; and Tina Bechtel, Green Bay. Plautz also received two merchandise awards, and Southard, Jackson, and Bechtel received a merchandise award each.

RaeAnn Sersch, Marshfield, received the Contemporary Craft cash award and a merchandise award. Others winning merchandise awards were Mark Sauter, Algoma; and Xang Yang, Manitowoc.

Lawton Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The gallery is closed for the Thanksgiving holidays from November 26 to December 1. The gallery in Theatre Hall is directly east of the Weidner Center.

GREEN BAY - Four University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student jazz combos will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the Phoenix Room of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer supervises the groups.

"Yesterdays," "One-Note Samba," and "Birdland," are on the program for a seven-member group calling itself SSA Vocal Jazz. Jennifer Scovell is the piano accompanist.

The Just a Combo group is performing three original compositions by combo members. The composers are bassist Tim Sheldon, tenor saxophonist Steve Johnson, and pianist Sara Salentine. The fourth selection, Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life," is an arrangement by drummer Kevin Baker.

The Stra Oiduts Combo (try spelling it backward) also features arrangements by members. Pianist Jennifer Scovell, tenor saxophonist Adam Schmitt, and trumpet player Jackie Blohowiak contributed arrangements. Scovell also transposed one of the numbers, "What We Thought Was Real."

Wild Rice Combo members did all of the arrangements for their program. The arrangers are pianist and vocalist Kristin Sponcia, tenor saxophone player Andrew Lautenbach, alto saxophonist Steve Schultz, trumpet player and vocalist Renee Millard, and drummer Zac Schroeder.

GREEN BAY - Poets Cathy Jo Caldwell and Denise Sweet, both on the staff at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, are among 60 Wisconsin writers whose words are preserved on the walls of the new Midwest Express Center in Milwaukee.

Ann Kingsbury, director of Woodland Pattern, a literary arts center in Milwaukee, says she thought, "why not verbal arts?" when she saw a request for proposals for art for the convention center. Her proposal was accepted and a committee spent two years selecting 60 from over 500 writers whose work was nominated. The selections are mounted outside each meeting room.

Caldwell, director of the Upward Bound program at UW-Green Bay, is represented by an excerpt from "Painted Dreams," a poem about ancient rock art that appears in an anthology published by the College of the Menominee Nation.

Sweet's words are from "Constellations," a poem alluding to the Ojibwe creation story and the power of stories and storytelling. The poem appeared in Sweet's book, Songs for Discharming. Sweet is chair of the American Indian Studies program and a faculty member in creative writing.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Outreach and Extension and CESA #7 are offering the 1999 New Teacher Support Seminar Series designed to support first-year teachers.

The seminar is designed to help first-year teachers develop a network of colleagues and a professional repertoire of effective classroom management strategies. It is also designed to provide new teachers with a forum for sharing successes and challenges.

The seminar is available for one graduate credit or for DPI equivalency clock hours. Registration for a maximum of 40 participants is expected to reach capacity early.

For those enrolled for DPI equivalency clock hours, the fee is $135; sessions meet from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, on Jan. 13, Feb. 10, March 10 and 31 and April 14. The cost is $183 for those enrolled for one graduate credit, with sessions from 4:30 to 7:45 p.m. on the above dates in addition to April 28.

Classes meet in the Community Room at Parkview Middle School, 955 Willard Drive, Ashwaubenon.

Fees include a light supper, materials and the book, The First Days of School: How to be An Effective Teacher by Harry Wong.

The "New Teacher Support Seminar" is one of several credit and noncredit courses for educators offered by UW-Green Bay's Office of Outreach and Extension.

The instructor is Wanda Richards with guest presenters. To register, call the office of Outreach and Extension, UW-Green Bay at 920-465-2102 or 1-800-892-2118.

GREEN BAY - Guest appearances by a high school choir and an early music ensemble, the premiere of a new composition, special accompaniment by faculty and students, and an opportunity to hear the Weidner Center's Casavant organ highlight the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay choral concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

William F. Witwer, director of the University's Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble, describes the concert as "a holiday collage." Judy O'Grady directs the Women's Chorus.

The groups are joined in the program by the Ashwaubenon High School Concert Choir, directed by Teresa Schroepfer, and the Wyndesong Consort, led by Pat Viets.

The program showcases both the power and the delicacy of music composed for the holidays. All of the choirs - 120 voices strong - join to perform several selections with pipe organ accompaniment by O'Grady and by UW-Green Bay faculty member Arthur Cohrs. In the Vocal Ensemble's segment, the group will sing Renaissance carols accompanied by the recorder and viol ensemble, Wyndesong Consort.

Cohrs will join with faculty member Janice Cusano to provide four-hand piano accompaniment for the Concert Choir in "Fum, Fum, Fum!" and "Fantasia on a Ukrainian Carol." Cusano also accompanies the Vocal Ensemble.

A highlight of the Women's Chorus segment is the premiere of a new work written especially for the group. Both text and music of "Three Pieces for Christmas," are by Terence J. O'Grady, of the UW-Green Bay faculty. The piece is accompanied by piano and two flutes. Pianist is keyboard instructor Ellen Hancheck, and the flutists are students Sarah Danek and Amy Boll.

The Ashwaubenon High School Concert Choir includes selections from Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols," and several short pieces from "Letters to Santa Claus," by contemporary composer Gordon Johnson, which take their texts from actual children's letters.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. The numbers to call for tickets are 920-465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

GREEN BAY - Someone has been murdered. The mystery is who committed the act and why.

That's the plot of The Rimers of Eldritch, a play by Lanford Wilson, the second in the season's productions by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay theatre program.

The play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, December 4 and 5, and on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 10, 11, and 12, in University Theatre in Theatre Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Director John E. Mariano, of the Theatre faculty, says he chose the play for both its structure and its content.

Wilson's play doesn't just unravel the story of the mystery from beginning to end. "The play begins by showing us the surface textures of a very small Midwestern town and then takes us deeper into the life of that town," says Mariano. "We see the struggles and frayed edges of Americana." Certainly the citizens of Eldritch, a dying mining town, are not the optimistic small-town folk of "Prairie Home Companion" fame. The play is not suited to children under 14.

Mariano says for actors, the play is a true ensemble piece and a challenge. "The company works like interlocking pieces, telling a story in an unconventional way," he explains. " They're forced to pull together and work as a single entity, not as a collection of separate individuals." The effect carries over to the audience, he adds, drawing them in and allowing them to become active participants in piecing together the story.

There's a big cast of 18. All are UW-Green Bay students.

Key roles in the plot include Eva, a crippled 14-year-old, portrayed by Emily Evanoff, Plymouth; Robert, a quiet teenager, played by Josh Robers, Sheboygan Falls; Skelly, a hermit, portrayed by Micheal J. Herman, Wisconsin Rapids; Evelyn, Eva's mother, portrayed by Sallie Puckett, De Pere; Nelly, a middle-aged feed mill operator, played by Nola Schwingle, Oak Creek; Mary, Nelly's mother, portrayed by Nicole J. Desjarlais, Appleton; and Cora, a cafe owner, played by Jessica Jelinski, Green Bay. Steve Marzolf, Green Bay, moves the play along in dual roles as a preacher and a judge.

Other significant roles help to reveal the town's character and the play's themes. A quartet of young people is portrayed by Emily Branden, Green Bay, as Patsy, a beautiful high school girl; Gregor Cox, Kaukauna, who is Josh, her brother; Erin M. Knoche, South Milwaukee, as Lena, Patsy's best friend; and Christopher Hibbard, De Pere, as Walter, a drifter. Adults who add their gossip, idle chatter, and revelations are Robert Bartelt, Green Bay, and Jill M. Eggers, Highland, who portray Patsy's parents; S. Leighann Stephenson, Eudora, Ark., who is Lena's mother, and Peres Owino, Nairobi, Kenya, Lena's mother's friend. One important character never actually appears in the play; he died before it began.

Students are responsible for most of the technical production as well. Anne K. Welch, Northfield, Minn., is the scenic designer; Jason S. Lienhard, New London, is the lighting designer; and Julie Hopkins, Oak Creek, is sound designer. Stage management is by Jennifer L. Strosin, Minocqua, and Lisa Weigt, Madison, is assistant stage manager. R. Michael Ingraham of the UW-Green Bay staff is the technical director, and costume design is by Jane Ingraham, costume shop technician.

The Rimers of Eldritch was originally staged off off-Broadway in 1966 and had a New York revival in 1988. It also has been seen on television. Reviewers of the New York productions cited varied comparisons, from Our Town and Spoon River Anthology to Tobacco Road and Peyton Place. The playwright received the Vernon Rice Award for Rimers.

The UW-Green Bay production is a participating entry in the American College Theater Festival competition.

Tickets are $10 in advance/$12 at the door for adults; $8 in advance/$10 at the door for seniors and students; and $5 for UW-Green Bay students only. The number to call for tickets is 920-465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS. One-quarter of ticket proceeds supports theatre scholarships and is tax deductible.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is among the first to offer a new, college-level American Meteorological Society (AMS) course by way of the Internet.

The Ocean of Air: Introduction to Weather and Climate will be offered on-line in spring semester beginning January 19. The instructor is Prof. Joseph M. Moran, of the UW-Green Bay Environmental Science faculty, who helped develop the course for the AMS. He'll also teach a section of the introductory weather course as a traditional classroom offering, with lectures, assignments, and tests.

The three-credit, on-line course is limited to 30 students. Registration for spring semester began Monday, Nov. 16.

Students who take the on-line course will be learning in a different way, says Moran. "Students will learn by doing a series of investigations using real-time weather data and drawing conclusions," he says. They'll access a special homepage, download learning activities and supporting weather maps and radar and satellite images, then complete two learning activities each week, and submit them for evaluation. Students will meet on campus three times: from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, January 23, March 6, and April 24.

Students in both on-line and traditional courses will take the same final exam.

To take the on-line course, students must have access to a computer with Internet graphical web browser capability, notes Moran.

Moran spent much of a summer 1998 AMS scientist-in-residence appointment writing the textbook for the on-line course and he's still completing a teacher's manual. He and other scientists have been developing the National Science Foundation-supported course since early 1997.

"We see this as kind of a pioneering venture," says Moran, noting that distance learning is still so new there's a lack of models. Some on-line courses simply provide text that students read, he explains. "What is new about this is using the Internet to gain access to real-time scientific data."

UW-Green Bay is among a dozen schools around the country offering the course as a pilot, so there is no licensing fee or special fees for students. The course will be available for all institutions to offer in fall 1999.

GREEN BAY - Storyteller Shanta will be guest host for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay celebration of Kwanzaa from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Phoenix Room of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event is free and open to the public.

Kwanzaa is a family-oriented celebration based on the African tradition of harvest festivals. Shanta will explain the principles of Kwanzaa through stories and music.

The Chicago-area artist began more than a decade ago to collect and tell African folktales. Traditional storytellers had an important role in their cultures, keeping alive history and expressing community values, she explains. Now a full-time storyteller herself, Shanta has created and collected a variety of other stories that encourage people to rise above perceived limitations. She also collects African musical instruments and often accompanies her stories.

A member of the Association of Black Storytellers, Shanta says storytelling is having a renaissance. But she notes that it isn't an exclusive art. "We are all storytellers," says Shanta.

The Green Bay African-American Community Choir also will contribute to the program and African and African-American food will be available to sample. There will be children's activities and Butterfly Books, De Pere, will have a selection of Afrocentric books available for sale.

Kwanzaa, a week-long observance which typically takes place the last week of December, represents an effort to keep in touch with African heritage and the values and aspirations of black America. The program at UW-Green Bay is scheduled for Dec. 5 because the week-long observance falls during the University's holiday break.

The number for information is 920-465-2200, extension 43.

GREEN BAY - The premiere of an original opera for children presented by the UW-Green Bay Opera Workshop, and performances by the University's woodwind ensembles share billing in a program on Thursday, Dec. 3, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The free event begins at 7:30 p.m. in Studio Two of the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

The woodwind ensembles begin the evening with a program of chamber music directed by UW-Green Bay faculty member Scott Wright.

The flute quintet will perform several works, including compositions by Scarlatti, Rubenstein, and Faure. Buxtehude, Mozart, and Desportes make up the program for the nine-member clarinet choir. Both groups are made up of UW-Green Bay students from a variety of majors throughout the University.

UW-Green Bay faculty member Terence J. O'Grady wrote the libretto and composed much of the music for The Wizard and the Shepherdess, a one-act chamber opera. Judy O'Grady, who conducts UW-Green Bay's Women's Chorus, also composed for the 38-minute work.

Opera Workshop is directed by Sarah Meredith of the UW-Green Bay faculty.

Set in the fairy tale past, the opera is the story of a young girl seeking to reclaim her lost confidence. O'Grady says he decided to create the story, as well as the music, when a search of fairy tales didn't turn up the kinds of characters and concepts he wanted. Musically, the work draws on 18th and 19th century operatic conventions, as well as more contemporary elements associated with musical theater.

The goal, explains O'Grady, is to introduce young students to opera, so that when they hear more sophisticated works, they'll recognize the conventions. The production will travel to elementary schools, beginning in February 1999.

O'Grady, who spent most of summer 1997 and part of summer 1998 working on the opera, describes the project as "an immense pleasure." Says O'Grady, "It gave me a chance to exploit all the styles that I know about as a teacher and as a performer."

Most of the cast members are UW-Green Bay students. They include Christian Peterson, Green Bay, as the young girl; Jeni Gumz, Dorchester, as her sister; Amanda Moschea, Whitefish Bay, as the mayor; and Ryan Ackerman, Campbellsport, as the emissary of a scary giant. Jeffrey Entwistle of the Theatre faculty portrays a kindly wizard, and also contributes the scenic design. UW-Green Bay alumnus Curt Faessler is the narrator. Sara Salentine, Luxemburg, is the piano accompanist. Costume design is by Joe Delwiche, a UW-Green Bay graduate.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Brass Ensemble and the Saxophone Ensemble present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer will direct the brass group in four 20th century works and an instrumental version of a vocal motet by Josquin des Prez , a composer from the Middle Ages. The recent works represented are by Americans Lo Presti and Kroeger, French composer Donato, and Czech Republic composer Nelhybel.

The saxophone quartet will perform four pieces by three composers, each of whom lived to experience two centuries. Beethoven spanned the 17th and 18th centuries, and French composer Gabriel Faure and Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz lived from the mid- to late-19th to the early 20th century. The quartet will perform two Albeniz compositions. Faculty member John Salerno directs.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will honor four individuals when the Phoenix Hall of Fame inducts its newest class this Friday, Nov. 20.

Swimming coach Roger A. Harriman, basketball standouts Dawn M. LeClair-Taddy and Terry L. Schott and soccer star Greg Santaga will be honored at the sixth annual Phoenix Hall of Fame induction banquet which begins at 7 p.m. in the Phoenix Room of the University Union.

Harriman was the founding coach of the Phoenix swimming and diving program in 1976; he guided the development of dozens of all-America swimmers in his 14 seasons and coached UW-Green Bay to its only national championship with an NAIA title in 1984. LeClair-Taddy was a high-scoring guard for the very successful women's basketball program from 1979-83; her 1,499 career points still stand third on the all-time scoring list. Santaga played striker for the men's soccer team from 1980-84; his 20 goals and 15 assists set single-season scoring records and helped the 1983 team earn the school's first-ever bid to an NCAA Division I post-season tournament. Schott was floor leader for the first Phoenix men's basketball teams from 1969-73; he was captain of the 1973 team which was 28-4 and reached the NAIA quarterfinals.

For information about the Phoenix Hall of Fame or the induction banquet, contact Marilyn McCarey, UW-Green Bay Office of Intercollegiate Athletics, 920-465-2625.

GREEN BAY - A short "informance" will open "A Tribute to Frank Sinatra," at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Weidner Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Writer, speaker, and narrator Erik Eriksson will set the tone before the concert by UW-Green Bay's Jazz Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Ensemble featuring guest artists, singer Todd Buffa and drummer Duffy Jackson.

Eriksson began a broadcasting career while in high school in Chicago, hosting opera stars such as Birgit Nilsson and jazz greats including Sonny Rollins and Stan Kenton. A Door County resident today, he hosts a classical music program, Passages, broadcast over a local radio station, and has conducted classes at The Clearing and Bjorklunden. Eriksson has written widely on music and is a member of the Music Critics Association and Jazz Journalists Association. He is a member of the Wisconsin Humanities Council Speakers Bureau.

Buffa will perform more than a dozen Sinatra tunes ranging from "I'll Never Smile Again," which Sinatra recorded in 1940 with the Pied Pipers, to "The Lady is a Tramp," recorded in 1974. Buffa is a Green Bay native who garnered three Grammy Award nominations - one for an arrangement and two as part of the group - while performing with the vocal group, Rare Silk.

Jackson, who will solo in instrumental numbers, played with the Count Basie Orchestra when Sinatra appeared in concert with the group at Radio City Music Hall.

Other featured soloists are UW-Green Bay alumni, faculty, and students. John Salerno conducts the Jazz Ensemble, which will be augmented by string players from East De Pere High School to get the necessary "big band" sound. Chris Salerno conducts the Vocal Jazz Ensemble.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students. The number for tickets is 920-465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

GREEN BAY - "Understanding Diversity in Brain Organization and Behavior" is the title of the spring workshop in the popular The Brain: A Work in Progress series organized by the Office of Outreach and Extension at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The speaker for the day-long program on Monday, March 22, will be Dr. Jerre Levy of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago.

Early registration is advised. A December workshop on the latest in brain research is already full at 250 registrants, with a waiting list, six weeks in advance. Barbara McClure-Lukens, director of Continuing Professional Education for UW-Green Bay Outreach, says the series is popular with school counselors, social workers, Head Start teachers, curriculum directors and others who work with children.

For advance information, call McClure-Lukens at 920-465-2222.

GREEN BAY - Michael J. Dunlap, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, has been awarded a three-year Army ROTC Scholarship. The scholarship pays full tuition, a books/fees allowance and a $150 per month stipend.

Dunlap, of 1031 Anderson Drive, Green Bay, is the son of John Dunlap and Linda Baribeau, both of Green Bay. He expects to graduate in May 2001. He was selected for the scholarship on the basis of gradepoint average, extra-curricular activities, athletics, leadership, and a scholarship interview.

Dunlap will be commissioned a second lieutenant upon graduation. His ROTC training is coordinated by the Fox Valley Senior ROTC Battalion at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

GREEN BAY - Author Maria Teresa Tula, a working-class housewife who fought oppression and endured torture as a founder of CO-MADRES (The Mothers and Relatives of Political Prisoners, Disappeared and Assassinated of El Salvador) will speak Thursday evening, Nov. 19, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Her free public lecture begins at 5 p.m. in the Christie Theatre on the lower level of the University Union. The title of her talk is "Overcoming the Experience of Torture in El Salvador."

Now living in the United States, Tula, 47, was imprisoned twice for her work as a human rights activist on behalf of "the disappeared" in her native country. She had little formal education, no experience in politics, and was struggling in poverty when she was drawn into the movement by the arrest and execution of her husband, a labor activist. She formed CO-MADRES, a small group of mothers searching for their disappeared relatives and imprisoned and assassinated family members.

In 1980, the killing of Archbishop Romero focused international attention on the civil war and opposition to the Salvadoran government and military. CO-MADRES raised money to act as a political watchdog for human rights abuses. Tula says this made her a target, and in 1986 she was twice abducted and detained in prisons where she was raped and beaten. She was released and fled to continue her work abroad on behalf of not only "the disappeared" but women who are denied equality in other Latin American societies. Peace accords were eventually signed in El Salvador in 1992.

Tula is the author of the book Hear My Testimony: Maria Teresa Tula, Human Rights Activist of El Salvador. A reception and book signing will take place in the Union's 1965 Room at the conclusion of her UW-Green Bay lecture.

The UW-Green Bay appearance is sponsored by student and faculty groups including the Center for History and Social Change, the Women's Studies Program, the Student Government Association, the American Intercultural Center and the Office of International Education. For more details, contact the Office of International Education at 920-465-2413.

GREEN BAY - The Contemporary Percussion Ensemble and Hand Drumming Ensemble will be joined in concert by Jazz Ensemble II and soloists on wind instruments at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The concert takes place in the University Theatre, located in Theatre Hall east of the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

The concert will premiere two new compositions: "JZHD," written especially for the Hand Drumming and Jazz Ensembles to perform together, and "Rhythm Chant 18" for the hand drummers. Composer is Percussion and Hand Drumming Ensembles Director Cheryl Grosso of the UW-Green Bay faculty. All of the Hand Drumming Ensemble selections are Grosso compositions. Student Steve Johnson will perform a tenor saxophone solo on "Rhythm Chant Momo Ado," with congas and marimbas.

The Contemporary Percussion Ensemble will be heard but not seen in the program's opening. They'll record in advance the final movement of "Four Movements," by Michael Udow, performed on a glass bottle and wood blocks, and the tape will play while the audience enters. Their other selections employ percussion instruments from all over the world, along with cowbells, wind chimes, automobile brake drums, and other means of making percussion sounds. Grosso arranged "Rock Etude No. 16," written for spoken voice by classical and jazz composer Bill Douglas, who performed in University Theatre in the late 1980s with clarinetist Richard Stoltzman.

Faculty clarinetist Scott Wright will be the soloist on "Coexistence," by American composer Howard Buss, a piece that pits the lone clarinet against a potential battery of percussion instruments.

Jazz Ensemble II also will have its own set. Bebop, '70s fusion, contemporary ballad and swing influences will be heard in compositions by Matt Harris, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny and Charles Mingus. Faculty member Thomas Pfotenhauer directs the 18-member group.

All tickets are $3. For tickets, call 920-465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay juried student art exhibition opens on Thursday, Nov. 19, with a reception for the artists from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lawton Gallery. The Gallery is located in Theatre Hall directly east of the Weidner Center on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Award winners will be announced at 5:30 p.m. Juror for the 26th annual event is Suzanne Wood, art historian and curator of the Edna Carlsten Gallery at UW-Stevens Point.

The exhibit continues through December 19, except for a Thanksgiving break closure from November 26 to December 1. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

GREEN BAY - An author who questions whether returning Vietnam veterans were actually spat upon will speak at noon Monday, Nov., 16 in Rose Hall 250 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive.

"The Myth of the Spat-Upon Vietnam Veteran" is the topic for Jerry Lembcke, an associate professor of sociology at the College of the Holy Cross. Lembcke is author of the recently published book, The Spitting Image, Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam (New York University Press), in which he says that he found no supporting evidence in the form of police reports, newspaper stories, photographs, or other means, of anti-war protesters actually spitting on veterans.

Lembcke argues that politicians used the divisive image for their own ends to discredit those who opposed the war and that the portrayal obscures the true story of widespread rebellion of the troops in Vietnam and how returning veterans joined war protests.

A Vietnam-era veteran himself, Lembcke formerly taught at Lawrence University. The event is sponsored by UW-Green Bay's Center for History and Social Change.

GREEN BAY - Twelve new members joined the faculty this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Nearly as many joined the teaching staff, including an exchange professor from the University of the Yucatan in Mexico.

Others new to UW-Green Bay include a director of student life, staff members in the Extended Degree program, and others in the communication, student services, residence life, performing arts, educational support, composition, admissions, and administrative areas.

Five of the new faculty members - Dechang Chen, Kevin J. Fermanich, Michael Hencheck, Roger C. Viadero Jr., and Yan Xiang - are in the Natural and Applied Sciences department. All are assistant professors.

Chen will teach mathematics and statistics courses. He recently completed a Ph.D. in mathematics and a master's degree in statistics at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Chen also earned degrees in mathematics from Southeast University (bachelor's) and Peking University (master's) in China. His dissertation research, which applies to the field of artificial intelligence, involved developing a method to "teach" things to computers.

"I like to take problems that come from real life and try to solve them mathematically," says Chen. He says his love is theoretical mathematics, but that "pure" mathematics sometimes isn't the solution to practical problems. "If you have a real-life problem, it often takes statistics to solve," he explains. Chen has applied his expertise to real problems in chemistry, industrial quality control, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, agriculture, civil engineering, animal food, and health science. In China, he designed a solution that saved $7-million - one-third of the original design cost of a water distribution system - for the Fuzhou Water Authority and won an award for innovative design. He received the 1997 Shewell Award from the American Society for Quality Control for a paper he delivered at its 1996 fall technical conference. Chen previously taught graduate-level statistics courses at Buffalo, and mathematics at Fuzhou University.

Fermanich comes to UW-Green Bay from a position as a water quality specialist and outreach program manager with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute program in Manitowoc. Fermanich's research has focused on the fate of surface-applied compounds as they move through the soil and their ultimate impact on water resources. He earned both master's and Ph.D. degrees in soil science at UW-Madison where his Ph.D. research specifically examined effects of atrazine in the lower Wisconsin River valley. His bachelor's degree is from UW-Stevens Point.

Soil-water management is another research area. "I'm concerned about the impact of erosion on streams as well as on loss of soil productivity," he explains, adding that he's interested in examining issues at the level of entire watersheds. Fermanich has been co-author or author of many papers and abstracts published in scientific and environmental venues. In addition to scientific presentations, he has made many presentations for the lay public through his work with Sea Grant, including teaching students and citizen groups how to monitor stream quality in their own communities. Fermanich's demonstration display of soil runoff and erosion won a certificate of excellence in an American Society of Agronomy educational materials awards program. He will teach courses relating to soils and other environmental science topics.

Hencheck, whose degrees are all in physics, will teach that discipline and related courses. He previously was an assistant professor at Chadron State College in Nebraska. Hencheck, whose research is in theoretical and experimental nuclear astrophysics, explains that his interest is in how the universe progressed from the "big bang" to the present. "How did we get from a universe filled with just hydrogen to where we are now?" he asks. His dissertation research sought explanation for two particular elements that exist in greater quantity than can be explained by necessity.

Hencheck has participated in nuclear physics experiments at a research institute in Darmstadt, Germany, and has worked with a team investigating the possibility of creating a supernova neutrino burst observatory in New Mexico. He is author or co-author of several published scientific papers. Hencheck received two awards for teaching excellence while completing his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University. He was named an outstanding instructor at Chadron State and was a nominee for the Nebraska State College System Teaching Excellence Award. Hencheck's bachelor's degree is from the University of Cincinnati.

Viadero, who joins the engineering program, comes to Green Bay from a research position at West Virginia University, where he earned his Ph.D. in environmental engineering. His master's degree in nuclear engineering is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his bachelor's degree in physics is from Mary Washington College in Virginia. His honors include election to Alpha Nu Sigma, a nuclear engineering honor society.

Viadero applies his expertise to designing membrane systems that separate solids and liquids, to using electrokinetic processes to remediate soils contaminated with heavy metals, and to managing low-level radioactive waste. Viadero's doctoral project involved separating emulsified oils from waste water in the metal working industry, but he explains that the principles also are applied to clean the water used to flush contaminated soils and contaminated manufacturing process lines, and to remove bacteria from drinking water. Viadero has worked frequently with industry and with government agencies such as the U. S. Department of Energy. He notes that not only do such arrangements provide practical settings for research, but industries get the advantages of faculty expertise, and students benefit, too. "Students benefit by learning from research and from the perspective of having practical experience when it comes to getting jobs," he explains. Viadero has designed and fabricated several processes, and is co-author of scientific papers, proceedings and research reports. He chaired the Hazardous Waste and Site Remediation Section of the 1998 American Power Conference.

Yan Xiang, whose discipline is chemistry, most recently was a postdoctoral research associate in chemistry at the University of Iowa. She previously taught at Eastern Oregon University. Xiang earned a Ph.D. at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, where she won a scholarship for outstanding graduate student. Her bachelor's degree is from Peking University, China. Both degrees are in chemistry.

Xiang explains that she's interested in applying her background in pure chemistry to the practical problem of atmospheric pollution. Her research looks at two "actors" present in the atmosphere - polluting gasses and solids in the form of tiny dust particles - and examines how these behave when activated by sunlight. "The idea is closely related to the issue of the ozone hole," she explains, referring to the "hole" that scientists have identified in the atmospheric layer that protects earth from harmful ultraviolet rays. She notes that the behavior of polluting gasses in the atmosphere must be understood before they can be eliminated. Xiang is co-author of several published scientific papers and has made presentations before groups such as the International Conference on Analytical Science and Spectroscopy and the Canadian Society for Chemistry. Her initial teaching responsibilities include the first chemistry course for Environmental Science majors, which she describes as critical for students who want to do well in their major. "It's very challenging to the teacher," she says, adding that it's beneficial for her, too. "I teach, I learn," she says.

The Business Administration department has three new assistant professors: Sally A. Dresdow, William H. Lepley, and Alla L. Wilson. Dresdow and Wilson are in the management area and Lepley's specialization is finance.

Dresdow, who had a one-year appointment in 1997-98, previously was an assistant professor of management at Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota. She teaches courses in human resources and organizational behavior. Dresdow's doctoral research at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, where she earned a Doctor of Business Administration, was a case study exploring planned change in an organization and factors that made it successful. She has a Master of Business Administration degree from Roosevelt University, Chicago, and a bachelor's degree from Greenville College, Illinois.

"A lot of my other research has focused on teaching," Dresdow notes. An important question, she says, is "how do we get students to be able to practice what they need to do in the workplace?" Dresdow focuses on teamwork, teams that can manage themselves, and cooperation. It's cooperation, not competition, that's important, she stresses, noting that competition can make teamwork dysfunctional. Ethics among college students is another research interest. Dresdow has published papers and made many presentations at professional meetings. She is co-chair of the track on pedagogical issues for this fall's national meeting of the Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, at which she'll also present a paper. Dresdow has experience in the business world as a consultant, as director of marketing for a computer-assisted manufacturing firm and as inside sales manager for a manufacturer of electric motors.

Lepley will teach courses such as investments, financial markets and institutions, bank management, and corporation finance. He previously held a one-year appointment at UW-Green Bay, formerly taught at UW-Milwaukee, and has been a lecturer at Marquette University. Lepley also has done bank-related teaching and training, including serving as a grader for the Graduate School of Banking and being an instructor in the Bank Administration Institute, both held on the UW-Madison campus. Lepley's banking experience includes several years as an analyst for the Bank of Middleton and for the American Exchange Bank, Madison, and as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis, Mo.

Lepley's dissertation research for his Ph.D. from UW-Madison centered on managing interest rate risk in financial institutions. "Fundamental financial variables and how they affect the value of bank stocks," is how he sums up his research interests. Lepley has served as a textbook reviewer for several major publishers, provided research assistance for Louis Rukeyser's Book of Lists (Tekno Books, 1997), and has been a referee for the Journal of Financial Research and the Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics. His Master of Business Administration is from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Business Administration is from the University of Cincinnati.

Wilson, who comes from the UW-Whitewater faculty, teaches courses in organizational behavior, management concepts and strategic management. Much of Wilson's research has looked at the health care field. Her Ph.D. dissertation, completed at UW-Milwaukee, examined factors in organizational climate that affect hospitals' adoption of technological innovations. "It's a new way of measuring technology," she says. A paper resulting from the research has been accepted for publication in an engineering journal. Other health care issues that have been subjects of papers and presentations include competition versus cooperation in health care services, physicians' executive styles, how integrating physicians into health care management affects costs, and ethical dilemmas resulting from pharmaceutical mix-ups.

Wilson's teaching stint at the Technical University of Brno, Czech Republic, in summer 1997 resulted in broadening her research into gender differences in attitudes toward work. Through contacts in the Czech Republic and others made during recent travel in Japan, Wilson is extending the research to make cross-cultural comparisons. Wilson has been inducted into Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, and Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honor Society. Blue Key, a national honor fraternity chapter at UW-Whitewater, twice honored Wilson for contributions to academic excellence, and she received that university's award for scholarly and creative achievements in 1994. Wilson's Executive Master of Business Administration is from UW-Milwaukee and she earned a bachelor's degree from Illinois College of Optometry.

Other assistant professors have joined Communication and the Arts and Education, Humanistic Studies, Human Biology, and Social Work.

Janice M. Cusano is a musician and music educator with responsibilities in both Communication and the Arts and in Education. She'll teach courses for students preparing for careers in elementary music education, as well as music courses. She has several years experience as a music specialist, piano instructor, and choral director in elementary schools. Cusano is completing her Ph.D. at Indiana University, where her dissertation research focuses on beliefs and practices in teaching listening in elementary music. Cusano says listening is "the least attended-to" activity in elementary music, but one that's critically important. Children's development limits what they can perform, so listening offers them greater areas for perception, explains Cusano, noting that the inability to perform complex works doesn't mean that children can't perceive them. "Children's perceptual abilities are amazingly astute," she says. "We underestimate them. Children don't need just little 'Barney' songs." Cusano also believes that listening to diverse music in childhood results in adults whose minds remain receptive to diversity.

Cusano's Master of Music in piano performance is from Southern Methodist University, and she earned a Bachelor of Music from Westminster Choir College, New Jersey. Cusano was conductor and accompanist of the Indiana University Children's Choir for five years. Their venues included a recording with the university's symphony. Cusano has more than 20 years of experience as a vocal and instrumental accompanist. Her honors include election to Phi Lambda Theta, an education honorary society.

Andrew E. Kersten, who had a one-year appointment last year, is a historian joining Humanistic Studies. He is teaching American history and Foundations of Western Culture courses. Kersten describes himself as "a cross between a labor historian and a historian of the federal government," with particular interests in the 1930s and 1940s. His doctoral dissertation, completed at the University of Cincinnati, examined the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) in the Midwest from 1941-46. The FEPC was established during World War II to work toward integration in defense plants, Kersten explains. "During the war, it was important that everyone be in the work force," he says. "We didn't have the luxury of discriminating against people." Kersten explains that the FEPC developed many rules and mechanisms that were used later in the civil rights and affirmative action movements and he continues research exploring the connections. He also is looking at the American Federation of Labor in World War II.

Kersten is the author of a number of published papers and reviews and is active in making professional presentations. He is on the editorial board of Voyageur, the Northeast Wisconsin historical review, and of History Reviews On-Line. Kersten won seven fellowships, scholarships, and travel grants during his graduate studies, and his Ph.D. dissertation was nominated for the Ohio Academy of History Dissertation prize. Kersten's master's degree also is from Cincinnati; he earned his bachelor's degree at UW-Madison.

Debra A. Pearson joins Human Biology after completing a Ph.D. and a master's degree in nutritional biochemistry at the University of California, Davis. She previously taught at DeAnza College, Cupertino, Calif. Pearson's research field - the effects of phenolic compounds on heart disease - dates from the highly publicized suggestion that red wine consumption may be responsible for protecting the French against heart disease. A UC-Davis professor proposed that phenolic compounds in the wine may be the good "actor." Phenolics are produced only by plants and almost all the plants we eat contain them, explains Pearson. "We know that fruits and vegetables are good in preventing heart disease," she says. "It may also be that the phenolic compounds in the fruits and vegetables are what protect us." Wine, grape seed extracts, green tea, and rosemary have been among the subjects of her studies.

Pearson says that the nutrition field and the food industry are undergoing significant change. "We are at a point in nutrition where we really understand the vitamins and minerals, but food is more than the classic vitamins and minerals," she says. "There are things we haven't discovered, such as the function of phenolics." Pearson has won several research grants for which she also designed the research. She has been co-author of papers and reports published in venues including the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry and the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. At UW-Green Bay, Pearson will teach courses in nutrition and nutritional biochemistry. Pearson has a bachelor's degree and a Doctor of Chiropractic from the National College of Chiropractic in Illinois.

Kevin R. Roeder, who last year taught on a one-year appointment, has joined the Social Work faculty. Roeder earned his Bachelor of Social Work at UW-Green Bay, and a Master of Social Work at UW-Milwaukee, and is pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the Graduate School of America, Minneapolis. Hs is a state of Wisconsin certified independent clinical social worker. At UW-Green Bay, Roeder teaches social work methods and skills courses and supervises student field experiences. Roeder previously taught at Marian College, Fond du Lac, and has a variety of experiences as a social work practitioner, including serving as director of life care services for a network of three Northeast Wisconsin HIV/AIDS resource centers.

Much of Roeder's work and volunteer activities have been in HIV/AIDS services and education. Roeder explains that, at college graduation, he was considering which of his interests - those affected by HIV or the homeless - would offer the opportunity to "do the most good for the most people," when he got a job that immersed him in the former. "It was at a time when people were just starting to identify HIV/AIDS as an issue for this community," he explains. "We couldn't do enough fast enough." Spirituality and its role in social work practice is Roeder's newest area of inquiry and he gave the keynote address on the topic at the 1998 regional National Association of Social Workers (NASW) conference. He is author and co-author of papers on the subject. Roeder has provided training on HIV/AIDS, diversity, confidentiality, ethics, and other topics, in academic and professional settings. He is chair of the Ryan White Title II Consortium for 17 counties, an organization that distributes federal HIV/AIDS funds allocated to the states. Roeder also serves as HIV/AIDS liaison and continuing education committee member for the NASW's Wisconsin Chapter.

Among those joining UW-Green Bay for the 1998-99 academic year is Isabel Garcia, a visiting professor from the Autonomous University of the Yucatan, Merida, Mexico. Garcia, who teaches English, Latin and Greek at her home university, will teach intermediate and advanced Spanish at UW-Green Bay.

Other lecturers on one-year appointments include Steven P. Kaplan in Human Development and Psychology; Allen Peckham, in Business Administration/Accounting; and Carol A. Ready in Social Change and Development.

Kaplan, Appleton, a psychologist and vocational rehabilitation consultant, will teach courses such as Tests and Measurements and Introduction to Psychology. His Ph.D. is from UW-Madison. Peckham, a C.P.A., will teach accounting courses. He has a Master of Business Administration from UW-Oshkosh and previously taught at UW-Stout. Ready is completing a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at the City University of New York and her previous teaching experience includes the National University of San Salvador, El Salvador. She'll teach Anthropology, Women's Studies, and Social Change and Development courses.

Three lecturers join the Education department for the year. Arthur Lacey will teach instructional technology and help faculty and staff in the Education Department with technical issues. Lacey has a degree in elementary education from UW-Green Bay and is dispatcher, assistant manager and technology specialist for Laidlaw Transit, Inc. Mary L. Huberty and Reba Hill Barkley are "professionals-in-residence." Huberty, a third grade teacher in the Howard-Suamico district, is teaching language arts and is one of a team teaching Reading in the Content Areas. Barkley, former principal of Fort Howard Elementary School, Green Bay, earned her Ph.D. in education from Nova Southeastern University. She is teaching the first course in professional studies for prospective teachers, among other courses.

Jennifer J. Mokren and Toni Damkoehler are lecturers in Communication and the Arts. Mokren is teaching art metals and other art courses. She recently completed a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she won two teaching awards as a teaching assistant. Damkoehler joined the staff as coordinator for performing arts events in 1991. A UW-Green Bay graduate with a double major in art and Spanish, she is teaching graphic communications and art courses.

Two lecturers in the Social Work program are Doreen Higgins and Candy Conard. Both have Master of Science in Social Work degrees from UW-Madison and Bachelor of Social Work degrees from UW-Green Bay. Higgins was a medical social worker and an outpatient psychotherapist for St. Vincent Hospital Home Health Care. Conard is a psychotherapist with Advance Counseling Menasha, and until recently was executive director of HELP of Door County.

New members have joined the UW-Green Bay academic staff as well.

Brenda Amenson-Hill is the new director of student life, with responsibility for leadership in non-academic aspects of student life. Amenson-Hill comes from Aurora University, Illinois, where she was associate dean of student life. A graduate of UW-Eau Claire, Amenson-Hill completed courses for a master's degree in cross-cultural communication at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and earned a master's degree in recreation administration from Aurora University.

Two staff members have joined the Extended Degree program for distance and non-traditional learning. Karl W. Klein is assistant director and coordinator for distance learning technology. Klein, former technology coordinator for De Pere Unified Schools, had been serving as a program assistant in the UW-Madison School of Education. He is a candidate for a Ph.D. in educational technology at UW-Madison, and has a master's degree in the field from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Cynthia R. Thomas is a new outreach specialist for recruitment and retention. Thomas was manager and therapist with Counseling Associates, Green Bay, and previously served as executive director of the Family Service Association, Manitowoc. She earned two degrees from the University of Nebraska, Omaha: a bachelor's in sociology and Black studies, and a Master of Social Work.

Susan Bodilly is a new university relations specialist with the Office of Marketing and University Communication. She had served previously as director of sports information for the UW-Green Bay Intercollegiate Athletics program. Prior to joining the University, she was a reporter with the Green Bay Press-Gazette and a writer and public relations assistant in the private sector. She holds a bachelor's degree in communication from UW-Green Bay.

The Student Services area has new staff members in placement and nursing. Nancy M. Hoefflin, coordinator in the Career Counseling and Placement Office, comes from Indiana University where she was assistant director in the Arts and Sciences Placement Office. She previously had been a career counselor. Hoefflin is a graduate of UW-Stout and earned a master's degree in educational psychology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The new student health nurse is Mary Kuen, who formerly was a nurse and prevention specialist with the Aids Resource Center of Wisconsin, Green Bay. She had been a nurse at Prevea Clinic. Her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is through the Bellin College of Nursing/UW-Green Bay program.

New staff in the Educational Support and Multi-cultural Services area are James A. Felton and Lynn M. Niemi. Felton is coordinator of the American Intercultural Center and comes from Western Maryland College where he had a similar position. He also has experience as an admissions counselor. Felton's bachelor's and master's degrees are from Western Maryland College. Niemi is coordinator of services for students with disabilities and has both bachelor's and master's degrees in vocational rehabilitation from UW-Stout. She formerly was a counselor with the Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, and a vocational evaluator with the Vocational Development Center, UW-Stout.

Kari Jo Grant and David J. Garsow are both area coordinators in Residence Life. They live in the University student housing complex where each is responsible for coordinating, staffing, and student counseling in several buildings. Grant, who was a hall director in residential living at Truman State University in Missouri, has a bachelor's degree from UW-Green Bay and completed a master's degree with a specialization in college student personnel from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Garsow, formerly a hall director at UW-La Crosse, earned his bachelor's degree at UW-River Falls and a master's in educational psychology and counseling at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion.

New in administrative areas are Lidia Bardygula-Nonn, assistant grants coordinator in the Institute for Research, and Lucy A. Arendt, coordinator of assessment and testing in the Provost's Office. Bardygula-Nonn won grants for research and educational projects while pursuing advanced studies, and in support of programs as director of the biology program and coordinator of the chemistry department at Calumet College of St. Joseph, Whiting, Ind. She has completed coursework for a Ph.D. in biology at UW-Madison and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in the subject from Loyola University of Chicago. Arendt is not new to the University, having formerly served as operations manager for the Business Administration program, but moves to new responsibilities. Her bachelor's and master's degrees both are from UW-Green Bay.

Linda Parins is the new administrative specialist for UW-Green Bay's performing arts programs. She was assistant administrator and office manager for Pamiro Opera Company, Green Bay, and has been a part-time lecturer in music and a voice instructor at UW-Green Bay. Her Master of Music in vocal performance is from West Texas State University, Canyon.

A new lecturer in the Composition program is Joan K. Warner, who was a writing center tutor and graduate teaching assistant at South Dakota State University, Brookings, where she is completing a master's degree in English. She'll also tutor in the UW-Green Bay Writing Center. Her bachelor's degree is from UW-Eau Claire.

Carrie A. Shirtz is a new counselor in the Admissions Office. She comes from a position as marketing coordinator with Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik and Associates, Inc., Milwaukee, and formerly was a marketing assistant at the Merchandise Mart, Chicago. Shirtz holds a bachelor's degree from St. Norbert College and a master's degree in international relations and economics from the University of Chicago.

GREEN BAY -- College students and graduates need to act soon to take advantage of lower interest rates and save money on their student loans.

The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) - of which UW-Green Bay is a member - wants students and graduates to be aware of a new law which offers them an opportunity to take advantage of lower interest rates by essentially refinancing their student loans. The application deadline is Jan. 31, 1999.

The Higher Education Amendments (HEA) of 1998, recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton, allows student loan holders to apply for a consolidation loan from the Department of Education's direct loan program. The 7.46 percent interest rate is significantly lower than the existing rate on most student loans.

Although the interest rate on a consolidated loan would be adjusted annually, it would be based on a lower interest rate formula for the life of the loan. The Department of Education estimates that most students would save about $500 per $10,000 of debt on an average 10-year loan.

For borrowers still in school, the new rate is available to students who hold only direct loans. A student who holds a mix of different kinds of student loans would not be eligible.

For graduates with loans, the following conditions apply:

* At least one Department of Education Direct Loan or Federal Family Education Loan must be included in the consolidation.

* There is no consolidation fee or minimum balance.

* A loan holder can consolidate a single loan, an existing direct consolidated loan, or several loans.

* A loan holder can choose which of his or her loans to consolidate or may choose to consolidate all loans.

Loan holders can obtain more information and an application by contacting the Department of Education Direct Loan origination center at 1-800-557-7392 or on-line at http://www.ed.gov/DirectLoan.