November 1999

Citizens, local officials consider 'Jail for Juveniles?' question in public forum

GREEN BAY - "Jail for Juveniles: Have We Gone Too Far? Or Not Far Enough?" is the title of a public forum and dialog at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, in the Christie Theatre on the lower level of the University Union at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Admission is free.

Moderator Tom Zalaski of WFRV-TV 5 will invite short statements from each of nine panelists and then open the floor to questions and discussion. The panelists are experts in the areas of juvenile justice, public policy, education and school safety, and services for troubled young people. The panelists are:

* Nancy Croy, principal, Lombardi Middle School
* Dr. Frank Cummings, psychologist
* Gary Drzewiecki, state senator, 30th District
* Brian Figy, attorney and public defender
* Tom Hintz, Brown County sheriff
* Mark Mertens, Juvenile Unit supervisor, Brown County Human Services
* Nancy Nusbaum, Brown County executive
* Darryl Wheeler, coordinator, Project Focus
* John Zakowski, Brown County district attorney

Topics of discussion are expected to include a brief overview of the current juvenile justice system and the push for "get-tough" legislation and a more punitive approach to violent crime; alternatives to juvenile detention; incidents of school violence; recent studies which correlate youth crime and the unsupervised hours after school; possible deterrents to youth crime; and socio-economic and cultural influences on young people and crime.

The forum is organized by the Social Work Professional Program at UW-Green Bay and 22 senior students in the Social Policy Analysis Class headed by instructor Linda Cates. The student Social Work Club is also a co-sponsor.

For additional information, contact Cates and the UW-Green Bay Social Work Office at 465-2049.

GREEN BAY - It opens with a scene of perfect Christmas tranquility, but moments later the play's lead character begins a fantastic journey by leaping through the window for her life in Reckless, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Dec. 14, 15, and 16 in Studio Two at the Weidner Center on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. Admission is free.

The play is a UW-Green Bay Studio Production directed by student Nola Schwingle. A senior Theatre and English Education major, Schwingle has extensive theatre credits at UW-Green Bay. She recently portrayed the title role in Jehanne of the Witches. Schwingle's work in Picnic won her the opportunity to participate in the 1999 Irene Ryan competition during the American College Theater Regional Festival.

The play's story is presented through the eyes of Rachel, who professes to being "terminally happy" on Christmas eve as her children are tucked in snugly and snow sifts down outside. But when her husband announces that he has taken out a contract on her life, Rachel flees, beginning a bizarre odyssey. On her journey through town after town - each named Springfield - Rachel sees a series of therapists, is a contestant on a game show, and experiences a homeless shelter, among other adventures.

Each of her experiences causes Rachel to think about things in a different way, says Schwingle, who describes the play as having a dreamlike quality. "Everything is a little off-kilter," she says.

Sarah Olson portrays Rachel. Olson has acted in Lysistrata and Savage Love at UW-Green Bay and has numerous credits in other venues. Gregor Cox is a physical therapist who is a supportive character throughout Rachel's journey. Another major role is that of Rachel's husband and son, both played by Steven Marzolf.

Schwingle, who plans to teach and direct theater at the high school level after graduation, says she is directing the play, not for academic credit, but to gain the experience. She has directed several plays in her hometown.

Faculty member R. Michael Ingraham is scene designer and technical director for the production. Students fulfill all of the other technical roles. Aaron Stinebrink is lighting designer, Andy Ludvik is sound designer, Lisa Weigt is costume designer, Julie Hopkins and Amanda Hammernik are stage manager and assistant stage manager, and Chad Lussier is prop master.

Seating in the intimate Studio Two in the Weidner Center is on a first-come basis.

GREEN BAY - Music from traditional cultures and "cutting edge" contemporary composers will be performed in concert by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Contemporary Percussion and Hand Drumming Ensembles at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10. The event is in University Theater, located in Theatre Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

The program includes the premiere performance of a new composition by faculty member Cheryl Grosso, who directs both groups.

The six-member Contemporary Percussion Ensemble will perform two major works, John Cage's "Third Construction," and the second and third movements of "Three Studies in Fours" by Ross Lee Finney. In the Cage piece, a quartet, each player uses three graduated drums, five tin cans and wooden sticks called claves. Accessory instruments include lion roarers, cricket callers, rattles, cow bells, Chinese cymbals, and others. Grosso says the Finney composition employs more traditional percussion instruments, such as vibraphone and tympani.

The Contemporary group also will perform "Variations on a Ghanaian Theme," by Daniel Levitan, which employs African instruments and influences, and "In Ancient Temple Gardens, by William Cahn, which uses mostly keyboard instruments to create melodies and harmonies reminiscent of Asia. In contrast, a two-and-a-half-minute composition by young Alaskan composer John Luther Adams, "Playing With Fire," adds a siren to an array of percussion instruments.

The Hand Drumming Ensemble will perform Grosso's newest composition, "Rhythm Chant Concertino." The composition plays African drums against Afro-Cuban drums. The 15-member Ensemble includes three alumni, Gregory Thornberg, Paul Massey, and Pete Schmeling, who have rejoined the group for the semester.

The hand-drumming program includes a composition by Thornberg, "Ski-Barb," a tribute to the Ensemble's mascot doll. Students Becky Fleming on flute and Noah Bryant on tenor saxophone will join drummers on another Grosso composition, "Rhythm Chant K."

A traditional African piece, performed on Ewe drums from Ghana, and an Afro-Cuban piece, "Bembe," complete the Ensemble's program.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. The number for tickets is (920) 465-2217 or 1-800-328-TKTS.

GREEN BAY - Fourteen University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students were singled out for awards in the annual juried student art exhibit on display in the Lawton Gallery located in Theatre Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

The awards include cash awards and donated merchandise prizes.

Winners are Kimberly Plautz, Darien, Best of Show/Art Agency Award; Tom Grimm, Green Bay, First Place/Academic Dean's Award; Johanna Wicklund, Florence, Second Place/Chancellor's Award; Kao Vang, Manitowoc, Third Place/Provost's Award; RaeAnn Sersch, Marshfield, Communication and the Arts Award and Artrageous Prize; Chad Peters, Green Bay, and Rebecca Barnett, Beaver Dam, both University Awards; Mark Sauter, Algoma, University Award and Harmann's Photo Prize; Kim Roesler, Menasha, Curator's Award and Life Tools Prize; Sheila Bialek, Two Rivers, Curator's Award and Oxford's Prize; Lisa Mayer, Green Bay, Style Purchase Award; Molly J. Boney, Laona, Los Banditos and Exclusive Co. Prizes; Jennifer Hunter, Green Bay, Jake's Pizza and Exclusive Co. Prizes; and Carol Harold, Maribel, Oxford's and University Theater Prizes.

A total of 50 students are represented in the exhibit selected by juror Marna Goldstein Brauner, a member of the art faculty at UW-Milwaukee. The exhibit continues from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday to December 18.

GREEN BAY - The head of an organization that provides health care and related services to some of the most vulnerable families in the nation's capital will receive the 1999 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Alumni Association "Outstanding Alumni" award on Saturday, Dec. 4.

Urla (Teixeira) Barrow, chief executive officer of Community Medical Care, located in northwest Washington, D. C., will be honored at an event beginning with a reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Niagara Room of the University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. Barrow earned her UW-Green Bay bachelor's degree in 1983 with a major in Social Change and Development and a minor in Political Science.

Barrow's entire career has been in community service.

She began working in a Boston City Hospital program for mothers of babies diagnosed with malnutrition. For 17 years, Barrow lived and worked in Roxbury, Mass. - the boyhood home of Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan - where she had several managerial and advocacy positions. While working for the Boston Housing Authority, Barrow successfully sought federal funding and, working with a clinical team, opened a community health facility, the RoxComp-Orchard Park Health Center, in Boston's largest public housing development. She was its executive director. Barrow won a Boston Housing Authority award for her work in vocational rehabilitation and placement. She was chief executive officer of West Coast Community Clinics, a consortium of federally funded primary care clinics, in Copalis Beach, Wash., before taking her current position.

"I've seldom thought of myself as 'proactive'," says Barrow. Instead she says she tries to make a difference in individual lives, hoping for a ripple effect. "My belief that 'everyone does have worth' is a result of my work with pregnant, drug-addicted women in the Framingham (Mass.) prison," she explains. When the women released to the rehabilitation program where she was assistant director became contributing members of the community, Barrow says, "I became aware that making a difference in the lives of a few has the potential to positively impact the rest of the community."

Barrow's road to Green Bay wasn't direct. A native of Guyana, South America, she came because her husband was admitted to the UW-Green Bay. But the United States wouldn't grant visas to both, so when he came to Green Bay, she went to England for nurses training, leaving her young son at home with relatives. A year later, she gained a two-year visa, collected her son, and came to Green Bay where she earned a two-year Associate of Arts degree. Back in Guyana, she worked as a foreign service officer for the Department of International Economic Development until she could get another visa. Then she returned to Green Bay and completed a bachelor's degree. "My son grew up on the UW-Green Bay campus," says Barrow.

After UW-Green Bay, Barrow earned a master's degree in human service management from the School for International Training, Brattleboro, Vermont. She has trained in public health and psychiatric nursing in England, and recently received one of a dozen national fellowships for chief executive officer training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene.

Today Barrow is studying for a Ph.D. in public administration and management at California Coast University in a program taught mostly through the Internet. She's making the effort partly for her father, she explains. "He had eight children and he wanted one of us to be a doctor. He didn't care what kind of doctor," Barrow says. "This is for him."

GREEN BAY - Two members of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music faculty will perform a new commissioned work at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30 in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event is free and open to the public.

Steven Jordheim and Dane Richeson will perform "Song Book," by American composer David Maslanka. The two soon will record the piece for saxophone and marimba on compact disc for Albany Records.

Following performance of the 35-minute piece, Jordheim and Richeson will be available for discussion.

Composer Maslanka has received three National Endowment for the Arts Composer Awards and numerous other honors. In November 1998, UW-Green Bay presented his Mass in the Weidner Center. The Wind Ensemble and Festival Chorus were joined by soloists Therese Gigot and Richard Roe and the Green Bay Boy and Girl Choirs. Maslanka's works have been performed in the U. S., Canada, Japan, Australia, and several European countries.

Jordheim this year was artist-teacher of saxophone in residence at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music in Xi'an, China, and was the first saxophonist to perform as a soloist with the Lanzhou (China) Orchestra. He was co-director of the first North American Saxophone Alliance Classical Saxophone Performance Competition, served as a judge for three years, and also has been a judge for the concert Artists Guild International Competition for several years. Jordheim won two major performance competitions, the 1983 Geneva International Competition and the 1984 Concert Artists Guild Competition, and made his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 1985. He has performed at meetings of the World Saxophone Congress and the North American Saxophone Alliance. Several composers have written works for him.

Richeson is acknowledged as one of the most versatile virtuosi in the percussion world. He has performed as a solo marimbist, chamber musician, ethnic percussion artist and jazz drummer across the U. S. and in Europe and Japan. Performances have been with renowned artists such as Lukas Foss, Bobby Mcferrin, Lionel Hampton, Claudio Roditi, and Clark Terry, among others, and at festivals such as Ravinia, North Sea Jazz Festival, and Montreux Jazz Festival. Richeson has composed several commissioned works. In addition to formal study, he has lived among the Ewe people of Ghana, Africa, studying their music and dance with a master drummer, and in Salvador, Brazil, where he studied drumming traditions of the people of Bahia. Under Richeson's direction, the Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble has won honors in Wisconsin and internationally from the Percussive Arts Society.

GREEN BAY - A groundbreaking ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, will signal the start of construction for the first academic building on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus since 1974.

The $18.5 million building will be the University's primary classroom facility, housing 20 classrooms, a variety of special computer-based instruction spaces and academic program offices. It will also be the home to some of the University's special collections: the Richter Collection, the University Herbarium, the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Breeding Bird Atlas and headquarter offices for the new Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity.

The 120,000-square-foot building completes the symmetry intended in the 1968 campus comprehensive plan which projected academic wings north, south, west and east of the Library Learning Center (now the David A. Cofrin Library). The south wing was completed in 1969, the north in 1973 and the west in 1974.

The new building is designed to serve two special purposes: to be the "front door" of the academic heart of the University, and the "gateway" to the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum. Occupancy will begin in the summer of 2001 with classes beginning in fall of 2001.

The addition will provide students with state-of-the-art classroom experiences, and create a "campus green" and "main street circulation area" to foster student and community interaction.

The building is projected to result in one-third less the energy cost of a comparable building designed to meet Wisconsin energy codes. Major energy-saving features include high-efficiency lighting and passive solar collectors. The design provides for daylighting most classrooms, offices and public spaces, allowing electric lights to be turned off for much of the day.

Photovoltaic (electricity-generated) panels integrated into roofing materials will serve as a demonstration and research project designed and funded by Wisconsin Public Service Corp.

The design team is headed by Somerville Inc. of Green Bay and includes architects from Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, St. Louis. The project is being managed by staff from the State Division of Facilities Development, the University of Wisconsin System Office of Capital Planning and Budget and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The state of Wisconsin is funding $15 million of the construction cost with private donations expected to cover the remainder.

GREEN BAY -The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's third annual Kwanzaa celebration will be a two-day event, December 3 and 4, featuring a performance and workshops by Ko-Thi Dance Company of Milwaukee.

Ko-Thi is considered to be one of America's leading African-American Dance Companies, specializing in African, African-American and Caribbean dance and music. "Ko-Thi" comes from the Shebro language of Sierra Leone, West Africa. Translated, it means "to go black," as to search for African culture.

On Friday, Dec. 3, Ko-Thi will present simultaneous workshops in African hand drumming and African dance from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the UW-Green Bay campus. The hand drumming will take place in Studio Arts Room 101 and the African dance workshop will be held in the first-floor dance studio in Theatre Hall.

Ko-Thi, a professional affiliate of the UW-Milwaukee School of Fine Arts, will perform on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Phoenix Room of the University Union, on campus.

Kwanzaa is a family-oriented celebration based on the African tradition of harvest festivals. It is a weeklong observance, which typically takes place the last week of December, and 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 early because the weeklong observance falls during the University's holiday break.

The event, sponsored by UW-Green Bay's Office of Student Life, is free. Space is limited for the workshops. Call Student Life at 920-265-2200, ext. 40 to register.

GREEN BAY - A trip into the woods in search of Christmas presents changes a young boy's life in Mrs. Coney: A Tale at Christmas, a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theatre program production at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5. The play will be presented in University Theatre, located in Theatre Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

"A very magical tale," and "a wonderful family show," says director Laura Riddle of the play.

Set in the mid-1930s, the play tells the story of 11-year-old Jamie, whose family loses its Oklahoma farm due to the dust bowl and moves to Kentucky to live with his aunt and uncle. There, Jamie is the only child for miles. When he enters the woods to seek presents for his family, he begins a journey that changes his life. The story is narrated by Jamie - now called James - as a grown up, writing a memoir about a Christmas he'll always remember.

"The play is about growing up and learning to be responsible and learning to care for others," says Riddle. "It's very much about the fact that people need each other."

Twelve-year-old Cale Plamann plays Jamie, and Christopher Hibbard, a UW-Green Bay junior, is the adult James.

Jill Eggars portrays the title character, Mrs. Coney. The cast is completed by Caroleah Lynn Schutte and Eric Lindahl as Jamie's parents, and Jessica Jelinski and Micheal Herman who portray his aunt and uncle. All are students at UW-Green Bay.

Riddle says the good feeling she got when she first saw the play about five years ago made her want to direct it. Although the play by Chicago playwright Belinda Bremmer is not children's theater, "it has the feeling of being a classic fairy tale," Riddle says. "The play calls on the audience to use its imagination."

Sets are designed by Jeffrey Entwistle of the UW-Green Bay faculty. Costume designer is Jane Ingraham, who designed costumes for last year's Rimers of Eldritch. Lighting design is by student Jason S. Lienhard, who has a long list of technical theater credits at UW-Green Bay and at the Weidner Center, and the stage manager is Sara Kaye, also a student, who was assistant stage manager for last spring's Lysistrata.

The play is an American College Theater Festival Associate Entry.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door for adults, and $8 in advance and $10 at the door for seniors and non-UW-Green Bay students. The number for tickets is (920) 465-2217 or 800-328-TKTS.

Student cast and technical staff for Mrs. Coney:

Jill M. Eggers portrays Mrs. Coney. A senior Music major, Eggers has extensive experience on the UW-Green Bay stage in both dramatic and dance productions. She has choreographed for several performances of Danceworks. Eggers was a featured soloist in Jerry's Girls, a 1999 Evergreen Theater production, and sang in the chorus of La Boheme, presented at the Weidner Center in 1998 by Pamiro Opera Company.

Micheal Herman is Uncle Bob. Herman just completed a major role in Jehanne of the Witches, UW-Green Bay's first production of the season. The senior Theater and Education major has portrayed many roles in UW-Green Bay productions. His performances in three of them won him an invitation to the Irene Ryan acting competition at the 1999 regional American College Theater Festival.

Christopher Hibbard is James. He also performed in Jehanne of the Witches earlier this fall, and had roles in 1998-99 productions of The Rimers of Eldrich, Pirates of Penzance, and Lysistrata. A junior, Hibbard is majoring in Theater.

Jessica Jelinski portrays Aunt May. She was the Archangel Michael and other characters in Jehanne of the Witches, and has been in many other UW-Green Bay productions while pursuing her major in Theater. Jelinski is a senior.

Sara Kaye is stage manager. She was assistant stage manager for last year's Lysistrata, and has worked on costumes, props and sets in other productions. She is majoring in Technical Theater and has a minor in Psychology.

Jason S. Lienhard is lighting designer. Lienhard was lighting designer for last year's production of The Rimers of Eldridge, and has a long list of other UW-Green Bay theater production credits. He won an American College Theater Festival meritorious achievement award for sound design for Machinal. Lienhard is a senior theater major.

Eric Lindahl is Pa. He had roles in last years' Pirates of Penzance and The Rimers of Eldritch, and performed in and designed props for the student production, 70 Scenes of Halloween. The sophomore is majoring in English.

Cale Plamann, a seventh grader, is Jamie. This is his first stage role since portraying a Munchkin in the Wizard of Oz, during early grade school years. Plamann lists his interests as debating, reading and running.

Caroleah Lynn Schutte plays Ma. She is a freshman Theater major emphasizing musical theater. Schutte had many roles with Sharkspeare Theater, Palacios, Tex., and performed with the Palacios High School Choir.

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Alumni Association will present its 1999 Distinguished Alumni Award to Urla (Teixeira) Barrow of Hyattsville, Maryland, on Saturday, Dec. 4. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Niagara Room of University Union on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive.

Barrow, a native of Guyana, South America, received an Associate of Arts degree from UW-Green Bay in 1979 and a Bachelor's Degree in Social Change and Development in 1983. She is chief executive officer of Community Medical Care, Washington, D.C.

Eight other alumni and one student will receive awards for distinguished service to the Alumni Association.

They are Angie Olson, Eau Claire, a senior English and History major planning to graduate in May 2000; Karie Clement, '90, Wauwautosa, compensation specialist with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.; John Groth, '91, Green Bay, director of technical support for Global Optics, Inc.; Tony "Homer" Jira, '92, Deerbrook, sales manager for Ecolab Inc.; Kathy Kapalin, '84, De Pere, a self-employed realtor; Mike Pritzl, '95, Green Bay, manager with Midas Auto Systems Experts, East; Ronald Rasmussen, '95, Loganville, a teacher at Reedsburg High School; Bette Schauer, '76, Green Bay, owner/manager of Krolls East; and Michael Stearney, '80, Denmark, director of Educational Support and Multicultural Services, UW-Green Bay.

The event begins with an hors d'oeuvres buffet, followed by presentation of awards. Guests are invited to continue the evening by attending the UW-Green Bay Theatre Department production of Mrs. Coney, A Tale at Christmas at 7:30 p.m. in University Theater, or the Phoenix men's basketball game vs. Miami of Ohio at 7:05 p.m. at Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena. The number for reception tickets and information is (920) 465-2586.

GREEN BAY - The annual University of Wisconsin-Green Bay juried student art exhibit opens with a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at the Lawton Gallery located in Theatre Hall on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. Award winners will be announced at 5 p.m.

The exhibit continues through Saturday, Dec. 18. Lawton Gallery will be closed for Thanksgiving break from November 25 through 29. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

GREEN BAY - A scientist from the National Water Research Institute Environment Canada will speak on Thursday, Nov. 11 at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Dr. Trefor Reynoldson will present "Through a Glass More Clearly: Understanding Natural Complexity in Aquatic Systems Through a Multivariate Approach," at 4 p.m. in Rose Hall Room 250 on the campus at 2420 Nicolet Drive. The event is free and open to the public.

Reynoldson is a research scientist and project chief for Canada's largest freshwater research institution located in the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ont. He is project chief for sediment assessment and restoration. The Institute conducts research in the aquatic sciences in partnership with Canadian and international science communities in an effort to resolve environmental issues significant to Canada.

Reynoldson has a long list of national and international activities including serving as associate editor of the Journal of Great Lakes Research and participating in designing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes monitoring program. He is an adjunct professor of biology at Macmaster University.

His appearance at UW-Green Bay is part of the Ecology Lecture Series funded by the annual heirloom vegetable plant sale.

GREEN BAY - A point-counterpoint discussion on balancing the rights of individuals with the desire of schools and police to keep schools safe is the focus of a morning program in Green Bay on Wednesday, Nov. 17.

Speakers will be Brown County District Attorney John Zakowski and Peter Kellogg of the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, with moderator Steve Fernan of the state Department of Public Instruction.

The program, the second in the series "Creating Healthy and Safe School Environments," will run from 7:30 to 9 a.m. in the University Union on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The series is organized for educators, parents, concerned citizens and those with involvement in the law or health and human services. The program fee of $15 includes breakfast.

The series is organized by the UW-Green Bay Office of Outreach and CESA #7 - the Cooperative Educational Service Agency.

To register contact the Office of Outreach and Extension, UW-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 or call 920-465-2480 or 1-800-892-2118.

GREEN BAY - A history of the first 25 years of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has been made available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/GBhistory/FTBframes/main.html

The book University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: From the Beginning was written by Betty D. Brown. It traces the progress of the University from preliminary planning to its founding in 1965 through its modern-day growth into the early 1990s.

Brown joined the new institution in 1966 as one of its first employees and served many years as director of news and publications, retiring in 1990. She based the book on material drawn from UW-Green Bay archives, personal recollections and interviews with members of the campus community past and present.

The online manuscript is arranged in 21 chapters that present, in mostly chronological order, candid stories about UW-Green Bay and its history. Each chapter is a separate web page complete with photographs and introductory excerpts which gives a sense of its content.

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: From the Beginning opens with the excitement of Year One on the brand-new campus, flashes back to the community's we-need-a-university drive of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and proceeds forward to trace various eras in the institution's development. Among the stories told are the initial burst of national publicity for the school's innovative and environmentally focused mission, the work of founding Chancellor Edward Weidner and others in fostering growth in facilities and programs, the evolution of the academic plan, and community outreach initiatives including Division I athletics, the center for the performing arts, and funds for scholarships and named professorships.

Brown grew up in Milwaukee and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Milwaukee-Downer College. Her professional life beyond higher education included work as a copy editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel, public relations assistant for Bausch & Lomb Optical, and staff writer and women's editor for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. She received the Founders Association Award for Excellence as a staff member at UW-Green Bay in 1982.

The book is published online by the University's Office of Marketing and University Communication. The site is accessible for browsing by the public as well as by UW-Green Bay students, faculty and alumni, and the book is intended as both narrative story and a reference document on institutional history.